Ephesians 5:33

Ephesians 5:33 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
• English Standard Version (ESV)However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Context of Ephesians 5:33

31That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one. 32This is a great mystery. (I’m talking about Christ’s relationship to the church.) But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands.

Ephesians 5:33 word by word

πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ᾽ ἕνα, ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neverthelessπλήνplēn · but/howeverG4133
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• letἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• every oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• of youσύsu · youG4771
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·κατάkata · according toG2596
• in particularἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• soοὕτωςhoutō · thus(-ly)G3779
• hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• even asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• andδέde · thenG1161
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• she reverenceφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• husbandἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:33

• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.
• 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 5:22Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.
• 1 Kings 1:31Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face touching the ground in front of the king. “May Your Majesty, King David, live forever!” she said.
• Esther 1:20When you issue your decree, your whole kingdom, great as it is, will hear it. Then all the wives will honor their husbands, regardless of their status.”
• Hebrews 12:9On earth we have fathers who disciplined us, and we respect them. Shouldn’t we place ourselves under the authority of God, the father of spirits, so that we will live?
• 1 Peter 3:2Their husbands would see how pure and reverent their lives are.

Commentaries on Ephesians 5:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Nevertheless - · Moreover, or therefore, on the consideration of God's design in the institution of marriage, let every one of you love his wife as himself, because she is both naturally and by a Divine ordinance a part of himself. That she reverence her husband - Let the wife ever consider the husband as her head, and this he is, not only by nature, but also by the ordinance of God. These are very important matters, and on them the apostle lays great…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Nevertheless - The apostle here resumes the subject which he had been discussing in Ephesians 5:21-29, and says that it was the duty of every man to love his wife as he did himself. This was the main topic, from which he had been diverted by the discussion respecting the love which the Redeemer had shown for his church. And the wife see that she reverence her husband - The word “see” is supplied by our translators. The meaning is, that it was the special…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. 33Paul summarizes his teaching on the relationship between husbands and wives (5:22–33). Christian marriages should be marked by love and respect.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3333. Nevertheless--not to pursue further the mystical meaning of marriage. Translate, as Greek, "Do ye also (as Christ does) severally each one so love," &c. The words, "severally each one," refer to them in their individual capacity, contrasted with the previous collective view of the members of the Church as the bride of Christ.Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 5:33

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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