Ephesians 5:28

So ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

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In The King James Version

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

In Context

27so that he might present it to himself, the glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and unblemished.

29For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ the church,

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Cross References

Matthew 19:5and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?

Ephesians 5:31Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33

Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 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. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →

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