Ephesians 5:25 immediately follows, commanding husbands to love as Christ loved the church, applying the headship model.

Ephesians 5:26 continues describing Christ's sanctifying work for the church, his body.

Ephesians 1:22-23 describes Christ as head over the church, his body — the same analogy used here for husband as head of wife.

Ephesians 1:23 expands on the church as Christ's body, the fullness of him who fills all in all, reinforcing the head-body relationship.

Ephesians 4:15 presents Christ as the head from whom the whole body grows, echoing the headship theme.

Acts 20:28 emphasizes Christ's purchase of the church with his own blood, connecting to his role as Savior of the body.

1 Corinthians 11:3-10 develops headship with head coverings — a thematic parallel to the husband as head of wife analogy here.

Colossians 1:18 explicitly states Christ is the head of the body, the church, a direct parallel.

Hosea 2:19 uses the marriage covenant between God and Israel as an OT type of Christ's betrothal to the church.

In Romans 12:5, Paul expands the body metaphor to all believers as one body in Christ, reinforcing Christ's headship over the church here.

In 1 Corinthians 12:12, the many parts forming one body directly illustrate Christ and the church, paralleling the head-body relationship here.

In 1 Corinthians 12:27, Paul states 'you are the body of Christ,' directly echoing the church as Christ's body in this verse.

In 1 Corinthians 6:15, believers are called members of Christ, linking to the church as Christ's body described here.

In Titus 2:14, Christ's self-giving to redeem and purify a people explains his role as Savior of the church mentioned here.