He is the Saviour of the Body Eph 5:23
23 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.
The word body here does have the same meaning as world.
False.
Strong's g4983
- Lexical: σῶμα
- Transliteration: sóma
- Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
- Phonetic Spelling: so'-mah
- Definition: body, flesh; the body of the Church.
- Origin: From sozo; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively.
- Usage: bodily, body, slave.
- Translated as (count): body (122), bodies (10), a body (5), the body (2), in body (1), of body (1), of slaves (1).
It is not used as "world" anywhere in Scripture.
Its the greek word is
sōma and means:
is used of a (large or small) number of men closely united into one society, or family as it were; a social, ethical, mystical body
The english word means:
in a body, as a group; together; collectively:
Now compare the definition of kosmos the greek word for world:
any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort
Incorrect.
Strong's g2889
- Lexical: κόσμος
- Transliteration: kosmos
- Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
- Phonetic Spelling: kos'-mos
- Definition: the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.
- Origin: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)).
- Usage: adorning, world.
- Translated as (count): world (168), of world (13), adorning (1), earth (1), in this world (1), the world (1), world.” (1).
Not even close to Soma, nor is it used as "body" or "church" anywhere in Scripture.
As you can see the definitions are practically the same.
As you can see, you are, quite clearly, wrong.