Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it,
Noyes Bible
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 subject to Christ, so let wives be to their husbands in everything.
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word;
Cross References
Proverbs 5:18And thy fountain shall be blessed, Yea, thou shalt have joy in the wife of thy youth.
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eat of my bread, he will live for ever. Yea, and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from the present evil world, according to the will of God our Father;
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you an offering and a sacrifice to God, of a sweet odor.
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 →