Ephesians 1:22
New Living Translation
22 God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church.
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Ephesians 1:22
New International Version
22 And God placed all things under his feet(A) and appointed him to be head(B) over everything for the church,
Colossians 1:18
New Living Translation
18 Christ is also the head of the church,
which is his body.
He is the beginning,
supreme over all who rise from the dead.[a]
So he is first in everything.
Footnotes
- 1:18 Or the firstborn from the dead.
Colossians 1:18
New International Version
18 And he is the head(A) of the body, the church;(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn(C) from among the dead,(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
Colossians 2:10
New Living Translation
10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
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Colossians 2:10
New International Version
10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head(A) over every power and authority.(B)
1 Corinthians 15:25-27
New Living Translation
25 For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 26 And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.”[a] (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” that does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.)
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1 Corinthians 15:25-27
New International Version
25 For he must reign(A) until he has put all his enemies under his feet.(B) 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.(C) 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”[a](D) Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.(E)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:27 Psalm 8:6
Psalm 8:6-8
New Living Translation
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority—
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
Psalm 8:6-8
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Hebrews 2:8
New Living Translation
8 You gave them authority over all things.”[a]
Now when it says “all things,” it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.
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Hebrews 2:8
New International Version
In putting everything under them,[c] God left nothing that is not subject to them.[d] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them.[e]
Footnotes
- Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6
- Hebrews 2:8 Or 7 You made him a little lower than the angels;/ you crowned him with glory and honor/ 8 and put everything under his feet.”
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
- Hebrews 2:8 Or him
Colossians 2:19
New Living Translation
19 and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.
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Colossians 2:19
New International Version
19 They have lost connection with the head,(A) from whom the whole body,(B) supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.(C)
1 Corinthians 11:3
New Living Translation
3 But there is one thing I want you to know: The head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.[a]
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- 11:3 Or to know: The source of every man is Christ, the source of woman is man, and the source of Christ is God. Or to know: Every man is responsible to Christ, a woman is responsible to her husband, and Christ is responsible to God.
1 Corinthians 11:3
New International Version
3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ,(A) and the head of the woman is man,[a](B) and the head of Christ is God.(C)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 Or of the wife is her husband
Ephesians 5:23
New Living Translation
23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
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Ephesians 5:23
New International Version
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(A) his body, of which he is the Savior.
Ephesians 4:15-16
New Living Translation
15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. 16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
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Ephesians 4:15-16
New International Version
15 Instead, speaking the truth in love,(A) we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head,(B) that is, Christ. 16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows(C) and builds itself up(D) in love,(E) as each part does its work.
Acts 20:28
New Living Translation
28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood[a]—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.[b]
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Acts 20:28
New International Version
28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Ephesians 3:21
New Living Translation
21 Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
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Ephesians 3:21
New International Version
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.(A)
Genesis 3:15
New Living Translation
15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[a] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Genesis 3:15
New International Version
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