Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
24And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.
26that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 6:51I am the bread of life, who have come down from heaven: and if a man shall eat of this bread, he will live for ever. And the bread which I shall give, is my body, which I give for the life of the world.
Galatians 1:4who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this evil world, agreeably to the pleasure of God our Father:
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.
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 →