Ephesians 5:25
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- KJV
- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
- WEB
- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
- ASV
- Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
- DARBY
- Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
- BLB
- Husbands, love [your] wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
- ÅB
- Dere menn! elsk deres hustruer, slik som Kristus elsket menigheten og gav seg selv for den,
- OTB
- Ektemenn, elsk deres hustruer, slik som Kristus elsket kirken og ga seg selv for henne,
- B1930
- I menn! elsk eders hustruer, likesom Kristus elsket menigheten og gav sig selv for den,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Read in contextColossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Read in contextEphesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Read in contextGenesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read in contextEphesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Read in contextEphesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
Read in contextGalatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Read in contextRevelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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