Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
Montgomery New Testament
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 submits itself to Christ, so also wives to their husbands in everything.
26in order that after cleansing her in the bath of baptism, he might sanctify her by his word,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
John 6:51"I myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given for the life of the world."
Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age in accordance with the will of our God and Father,
Ephesians 5:2and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."
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 →