Ephesians 5:28

So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his 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 offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.

29For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:5“For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.

Ephesians 5:31“For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as 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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