Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the church, and gave himself for her,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
26to make her holy, after purifying her by the washing with the water, according to his promise;
Cross References
Genesis 24:67Isaac brought Rebekah to the tent of Sarah his mother, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
John 6:51I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, they will live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
Galatians 1:4gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of our God and Father,
Ephesians 5:2and live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.
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 →