...recognised power of the master wholly sets aside. In the New Testament, the husband is declared to be the " head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church," (Eph. v. 23, 1 Cor. xi. 3,) and as such has a right to rule in his family. The wife, as such,...

...Christ. 1. The motive to this subject is a regard to the Lord, v. 22. 2. The ground of it is, that the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, v. 23. 3. This subjection is not confined to any one sphere, but extends to all, v. 24. , Husbands...

...for God only, she for God in him," is the human form of expressing the inspired sentiment — " The husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church." And this truth comes out in all its vividness in the earliest records of our race, for Adam...

...think it meet that these exhortaras should not be overlooked or forgotten. The apostle says ti: tasband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church, ndeihorts wives to submit themselves to their husbamls as unto the i»rf, and enforces it by...

...of our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father, being subject one to another in the fear of Christ. Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church; he is the savior of the body. But as the church is subject to...

...protects husbands and wives on the plantation in their relations to each other and their children. The husband is "the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church." " As the Church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything."...

...connexion. 'AAAd here simply introduces the proof drawn from what precedes. In ver. 23 it was said, " the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church." Now from this parallel the apostle infers the necessity of the subordination of the wife ;...

...Christ. 1. The motive to this subject is a regard to the Lord, v. 22. 2. The ground of it is, that the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, v. 23. 3. This subjection is not confined to any one sphere, but extends to all, v. 24. Husbands...

...wife to him as a husband ; this is proper to the headship of Christ over believers : Eph. v. 23, ' The husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, and the Saviour of the body.' He is not a Saviour of the angels in a way of redemption, for...

...marriage union to the union of Christ with his Church, which is strictly a union of grace. " Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the Church."1 The wife is to be subject to her husband, as the Church is subject to Christ. " Therefore,...