Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Cross References
Esther 1:20The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
1 Peter 3:2when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
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 →