Ephesians 5:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
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“In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 5:28 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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