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Source language
Original Greek   
ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ⸀αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
oti aner estin kephale tes gunaikos os kai o Khristos kephale tes ekklesias, rautos soter tou somatos.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quoniam vir caput est mulieris sicut Christus caput est ecclesiae ipse salvator corporis

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
New King James Version   
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
21st Century King James Version   
for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and He is the savior of the body.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Because the man is the head of the woman just as The Messiah is also The Head of the church and he is The Savior of the body.
Darby Bible Translation   
for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly. He is Saviour of the body.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
God's Word   
The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.
International Standard Version   
For the husband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.
NET Bible   
because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church--he himself being the savior of the body.
New American Standard Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
New International Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
New Living Translation   
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the Savior of the body.
Weymouth New Testament   
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.
The World English Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
EasyEnglish Bible   
A husband has authority over his wife, in the same way that Christ has authority over the church. The church is like Christ's body. As its head, he saves her.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
New Life Version   
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is His body (the church) that He saves.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For the husband is the wife’s head, even as Christ is the head of the Church. And the same is the Savior of the body.
The Voice Bible   
for God has given husbands a sacred duty to lead as the Anointed leads the church and serves as the head. (The church is His body; He is her Savior.)
Living Bible   
For a husband is in charge of his wife in the same way Christ is in charge of his body the Church. (He gave his very life to take care of it and be its Savior!)
New Catholic Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church, the body of which he is the Savior.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For the husband is the head of the wife even as the Christ is head of the congregation, {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} and it is he who gives saving health to the body.
Christian Standard Bible   
because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body.
New Century Version   
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.
The Message   
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he himself is the Savior.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also · is the head of the church, and is himself the savior of the body.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.
New Matthew Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the congregation, and he is the saviour of the body.
Good News Translation®   
For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body.
Wycliffe Bible   
for the man is head of the woman, as Christ is head of the church; he is Saviour of his body.
New Testament for Everyone   
The man, you see, is the head of the woman, just as the Messiah, too, is head of the church. He is himself the savior of the body.
Contemporary English Version   
A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
You wives must learn to adapt yourselves to your husbands, as you submit yourselves to the Lord, for the husband is the “head” of the wife in the same way that Christ is head of the Church and saviour of the body. The willing subjection of the Church to Christ should be reproduced in the submission of wives to their husbands.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
for the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Saviour.
Common English Bible © 2011   
A husband is the head of his wife like Christ is head of the church, that is, the savior of the body.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Saviour.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body.
New American Standard Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
The Expanded Bible   
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Savior of the body, which is the church.
Tree of Life Version   
For the husband is head of the wife, as Messiah also is head of His community—Himself the Savior of the body.
Revised Standard Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
New International Reader's Version   
The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body. He is its Savior.
BRG Bible   
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Complete Jewish Bible   
because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church people. The church is his body and he saved it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Saviour.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Because a ba’al (husband) is rosh of the isha as also Moshiach is rosh of the Brit Chadasha Kehillah, being Himself the Go’el (Savior) of HaGuf (the Body of Moshiach). [BERESHIS 47:18; TEHILLIM 16:9-10; IYOV 19:25-27; YESHAYAH 53:11]
Names of God Bible   
The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.
Modern English Version   
For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head and Savior of the church, which is His body.
Easy-to-Read Version   
A husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. Christ is the Savior of the church, which is his body.
International Children’s Bible   
The husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ’s body—Christ is the Savior of the body.
Lexham English Bible   
because the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (he himself being the Savior of the body).
New International Version - UK   
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
Because a husband is the head of his wife as also Christ is the head of the church, He being the Savior of the body.