Ephesians 5:28
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
In other translations
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Greek words
οὕτωςhoutōsSoG3779ὀφείλουσινopheilousinoughtG3784καὶkaialsoG2532οἱhoi<the>G3588ἄνδρεςandreshusbandsG435ἀγαπᾶνagapanto loveG25τὰςtastheG3588ἑαυτῶνhe'autōntheir ownG1438γυναῖκαςgunaikaswivesG1135ὡςhōsasG5613τὰtatheG3588ἑαυτῶνhe'autōntheir ownG1438σώματα.sōmatabodies.G4983ὁhoThe [one]G3588ἀγαπῶνagapōnlovingG25τὴνtēntheG3588ἑαυτοῦhe'autouhis ownG1438γυναῖκαgunaikawifeG1135ἑαυτὸνhe'autonhimselfG1438ἀγαπᾷ·agapaloves;G25
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Related verses
- Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?and 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’?
- Genesis 2:21-2421 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.21 So 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. 22 And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. 23 And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
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