Ephesians 5:25

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

In Context

24And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

26in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many."

John 6:51I am the living bread come down out of Heaven. If a man eats this bread, he shall live for ever. Moreover the bread which I will give is my flesh given for the life of the world."

Galatians 1:4who gave Himself to suffer for our sins in order to rescue us from the present wicked age in accordance with the will of our God and Father.

Ephesians 5:2And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant 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 →

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