Ephesians 5:25

Ephesians 5:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
• New International Version (NIV)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
• English Standard Version (ESV)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

Context of Ephesians 5:25

23The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior. 24As the church is under Christ’s authority, so wives are under their husbands’ authority in everything. Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words. 27Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults.

Ephesians 5:25 word by word

Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Husbandsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Husbandsἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435
• loveἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• yourἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• wivesγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• the churchἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• gaveπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:25

• Ephesians 5:28So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
• Genesis 2:24That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.
• Genesis 24:67Isaac took her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
• 2 Samuel 12:3but the poor man had only one little female lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter.
• Proverbs 5:18Let your own fountain be blessed, and enjoy the girl you married when you were young,
• Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be harsh with them.
• 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in a similar way, live with your wives with understanding since they are weaker than you are. Honor your wives as those who share God’s life-giving kindness so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.
• Ephesians 5:2Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.
• Matthew 20:28It’s the same way with the Son of Man. He didn’t come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”
• Luke 22:19Then Jesus took bread and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given up for you. Do this to remember me.”
• John 6:51I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh.”
• Acts 20:28Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.
• Galatians 1:4In order to free us from this present evil world, Christ took the punishment for our sins, because that was what our God and Father wanted.
• Galatians 2:20I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.
• 1 Timothy 2:6He sacrificed himself for all people to free them from their sins. This message is valid for every era.
• 1 Peter 1:18Realize that you weren’t set free from the worthless life handed down to you from your ancestors by a payment of silver or gold which can be destroyed.

Commentaries on Ephesians 5:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Husbands, love your wives - Here is a grand rule, according to which every husband is called to act: Love your wife as Christ loved the Church. But how did Christ love the Church? He gave himself for it - he laid down his life for it. So then husbands should, if necessary, lay down their lives for their wives: and there is more implied in the words than mere protection and support; for, as Christ gave himself for the Church to save it, so husbands should…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Husbands, love your wives - The duty of the wife is to obey; the right of the husband is to command. But the apostle would guard against the abuse of that right by enjoining the manifestation of such a spirit on the husband as would secure obedience on the part of the wife. He proceeds, therefore, to show, that the husband, in all his conversation with the wife, should manifest the same spirit which the Lord Jesus did toward the church; or, in other…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-33Verses 22-33 The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and constant, notwithstanding her failures. Christ gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify it in this world, and glorify it in the next, that he might bestow on all his members…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-33Christian husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the church. This means loving sacrificially, for Christ gave up his life for the church (5:2; compare Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 3:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. "Thou hast seen the measure of obedience; now hear also the measure of love. Do you wish your wife to obey you, as the Church is to obey Christ? Then have a solicitude for her as Christ had for the Church (Ep 5:23, "Himself the Saviour of the body"); and "if it be necessary to give thy life for her, or to be cut in ten thousand pieces, or to endure any other suffering whatever, do not refuse it; and if you suffer thus, not even so do you do what…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 5:25

• Atonement
• Church
• Husband
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Sanctification
• Suffering
• Wife

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Arise
• Awake
• Church
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• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Fellowship
• Flesh
• Fruit

Commentaries on Ephesians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings