5 Bible Verses about Church Authority, Of Jesus Christ

For the husband is the [spiritual] head over his wife, just as Christ is also the [spiritual] head over the church, since He is the Savior of the body.

And God placed everything in subjection under His [i.e., Christ's] feet, and appointed Him to be head over all things to the church,

But [instead], we should speak [and practice] truth in a loving way, so that we can, in all respects, grow up [spiritually] into [union with] Christ, who is the head [i.e., of His body, the church].

But just as the church submits to Christ, so wives also should submit to their husbands in everything.

And He is the head of the [spiritual] body, the church. He is [its] source, the firstborn One from the dead [i.e., the first one to return to life, never to die again], so that He could rank first [in importance] over all things.