Ephesians 5:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”
Ephesians 5:25 commands husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church — a self-giving, sacrificial love that seeks the wife’s good even at cost to himself.
Read the full meaning“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
King James Version · Public Domain“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 5:25 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- 2 Samuel 12:3but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
- Song of Solomon 1:11We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
- Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- Luke 22:19And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- Galatians 1:4who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
- 1 Timothy 2:6who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.
- 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, 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.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
- Revelation 5:9And 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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