Ephesians 5:28
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.
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 For we are members of His body.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- KJV
- So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- WEB
- Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
- ASV
- Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
- DARBY
- So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
- BLB
- So also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife loves himself.
- ÅB
- Så er mennene skyldige å elske sine hustruer som sine egne legemer. Den som elsker sin hustru, elsker seg selv;
- OTB
- På samme måte skal ektemenn elske sine hustruer som de elsker sine egne kropper. Den som elsker sin hustru elsker seg selv.
- B1930
- Så er mennene skyldige å elske sine hustruer som sine egne legemer. Den som elsker sin hustru, elsker sig selv;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Read in contextMatthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
Read in contextGenesis 2:21–24
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with 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 5:31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
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