Ephesians 5:33

But as for you individually, you must each one of you love his own wife exactly as if she were yourself; and the wife, on her part, should reverence her husband.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

In Context

32There is a deep mystery here - I am speaking of Christ and his church.

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Cross References

Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

Colossians 3:19Husbands, be loving to your wives, and be not cross or surly with them.

1 Peter 3:2when they see how pure and reverent you are.

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 →

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