Ephesians 5:32
This mystery is great; but I am speaking of Christ and of the church.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
In Context
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy; for I espoused you to one husband, that I may present a chaste virgin to Christ.
Colossians 2:2that their hearts might be encouraged, they being knit together in love, and unto all the riches of the full assurance of the understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, even Christ;
1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifested[3:16] in the flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was received up in glory.
Revelation 21:2And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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 →