Ephesians 5:25
Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
In Context
26That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,
Cross References
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah and she became his wife and he loved her,—and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.
Proverbs 5:18Let thy well-spring be blessed,—and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth:—
Matthew 20:28Just as, the Son of Man, came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom instead of many.
John 6:51I, am the living bread, which, out of heaven, came down: If one eat of this bread, he shall live unto times age-abiding; and, the bread, moreover, which, I, will give, is, my flesh—for the world’s life.
Galatians 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,—
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.
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 →