Ephesians 5:25

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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

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  • Col 3:19 : 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
  • Eph 5:28 : 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood,
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Luke 22:19-20 : 19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.' 20 In the same way, after supper, he took the cup and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.'
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, they will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
  • 2 Sam 12:3 : 3 But the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It ate from his food, drank from his cup, and slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-21 : 18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life, inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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  • Eph 5:26-33
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    26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word,

    27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

    30because we are members of His body.

    31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

    32This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

    33However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • Eph 5:21-24
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    21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

    22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

    23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

    24As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
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    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Eph 5:1-2
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    1Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.

    2And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For in this way, in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, submitting to their own husbands.

  • 1 Pet 3:7-8
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    7Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

    8Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another as brothers and sisters, be tenderhearted and humble.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives.

  • Matt 19:5-6
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    5And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.

  • Gen 2:24
    71%

    24For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • Eph 6:5
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    5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:13-14
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    13And if a woman has a husband who is an unbeliever and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

  • 2 Cor 11:2
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    2For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5(For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

  • Eph 1:22
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    22And He put all things under His feet and made Him head over all things for the church,

  • Deut 24:1
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    1If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

  • Eph 4:15
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    15But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as if they do not.

  • Prov 5:18
    67%

    18May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

  • 1 Thess 5:25
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    25Brothers, pray also for us.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commandment: Love one another as I have loved you.

  • Rom 5:8
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    8But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

  • Rom 7:2
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    2For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.