Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
26That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
Cross References
Genesis 24:67Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death.
Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
Matthew 20:28Euen as the Sonne of man came not to be serued, but to serue, and to giue his life for the ransome of many.
John 6:51I am that liuing breade, which came downe from heauen: if any man eate of this breade, hee shall liue for euer: and the bread that I will giue, is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world.
Galatians 1:4Which gaue himself for our sinnes, that he might deliuer vs from this present euill world according to the will of God euen our Father,
Ephesians 5:2And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellling sauour to God.
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 →