³ But I want you to understand this: The head of every man is Christ. And the head of a woman is the man.^[a] And the head of Christ is God.

¹⁰ His goal was to carry out his plan when the right time came. He planned that all things in heaven and on earth would be joined together in Christ as the head.

²² God put everything under his power. And God made him the head over everything for the church.

¹⁵ No! We will speak the truth with love. We will grow up in every way to be like Christ, who is the head.

²³ The husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body—Christ is the Savior of the body.

Christ Is God’s Power and Wisdom

¹⁸ The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those who are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.