Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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 submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.
26in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
John 6:51I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins, in order that he might redeem us from the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father:
Ephesians 5:2and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.
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 →