Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
1 Corinthians 11:3.)
even as--Greek, "as also."
and he is--The oldest manuscripts read, "Himself (being) Saviour," omitting "and," and "is." In Christ's case, the Headship is united with, nay gained by, His having SAVED the body in the process of redemption; so that (Paul implies) I am not alleging Christ's Headship as one entirely identical with that other, for He has a claim to it, and office in it, peculiar to Himself [ALFORD]. The husband is not saviour of the wife, in which particular Christ excels; hence, "But" (Ephesians 5:24) follows [BENGEL].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hosea 1:11
1 Corinthians 6:17
1 Corinthians 11:3
Ephesians 5:22
Ephesians 5:24
Ephesians 5:25
Colossians 3:19
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