Ephesians 5:33
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.”
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- KJV
- Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
- WEB
- Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
- ASV
- Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.
- DARBY
- But *ye* also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife [I speak] that she may fear the husband.
- BLB
- However, you⁺ also, every one, let each so love his wife as himself; and the wife, that she may respect the husband.
- ÅB
- Dog, også dere skal elske, enhver sin hustru som seg selv, og hustruen skal ha ærefrykt for sin mann.
- OTB
- Men hver og en av dere må også elske sin hustru som han elsker seg selv, og hustruen må respektere sin ektemann.
- B1930
- Dog, også I skal elske, enhver sin hustru som sig selv, og hustruen skal ha ærefrykt for sin mann.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:2–7
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.
Read in contextEsther 1:20
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
Read in contextEphesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Read in contextEphesians 5:22
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Read in contextEphesians 5:28–29
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Read in contextColossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Read in contextHebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Read in context1 Kings 1:31
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
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