Ephesians 1:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 1:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Colossians 2:10
And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
1 Corinthians 15:25-27
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. …
Psalms 8:6-8
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: …
Colossians 2:19
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-23)

We have come to the last part of this chapter, which consists of Paul’s earnest prayer to God in behalf of these Ephesians. We should pray for the persons for whom we give thanks. Our apostle blesses God for what he had done for them, and then he prays that he would do more for them. He gives thanks for spiritual blessings, and prays for further supplies of them; for God will for this be enquired…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. put ... under--Greek, “put in subjection under” (Psa 8:6; 1Co 15:27). gave ... to the church--for her special advantage. The Greek order is emphatic: “HIM He gave as Head over all things to the Church.” Had it been anyone save Him, her Head, it would not have been the boon it is to the Church. But as He is Head over all things who is also her Head (and she the body), all things are hers (1Co 3…