Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Cross References
Genesis 24:67Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Proverbs 5:18Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Matthew 20:28even 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 which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, 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 out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—
Ephesians 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
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 →