God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,

concealed in order that the Church might now be used to display to the powers and authorities in the heavenly realms the innumerable aspects of God's wisdom.

to Him be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, world without end! Amen.

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.