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

23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Assembly: and he is the saviour of the body. 24Therefore as the Assembly is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious Assembly, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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

• 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 Assemblyἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
• gaveπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:25

• Ephesians 5:28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
• Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
• 2 Samuel 12:3But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
• Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
• Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
• 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
• Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Matthew 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Luke 22:19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
• John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
• Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Assembly of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
• Galatians 1:4Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• Galatians 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
• 1 Timothy 2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• 1 Peter 1:18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

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
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• Arise
• Awake
• Church
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• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Fellowship
• Flesh
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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