Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church, and gave himself up for her;
Revised King James 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
24Therefore, as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in everything.
26That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water through the word,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.
John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Galatians 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of our God and Father:
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice, a sweet smelling aroma 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 →