Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as also Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
24But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also are the wives to their own husbands in everything.
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bathing of water in the word,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 6:51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father;
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet smell.
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 →