²³ For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body.

¹⁸ He is also the head [the life-source and leader] of the body, the ^[a]church; and He is the beginning, ^[b]the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will occupy the first place [He will stand supreme and be preeminent] in everything.^(A)