Ephesians 5:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe.

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  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande.
  • Eph 5:31 : 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe.
  • Gen 2:21-24 : 21 The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and he slept, and he toke one of his ribbes, and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof. 22 And the ribbe which the lord god had taken from man, made he a woman, & brought her vnto the man. 23 And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man. 24 For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shalbe ioyned with his wyfe: and they shall become one fleshe.
  • Matt 19:5 : 5 And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe.

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  • Eph 5:29-33
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    29For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe: but norissheth & cherissheth it, euen as the Lorde the Churche.

    30For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones.

    31For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe.

    32This is a great secrete: but I speake of Christe and of the Churche.

    33Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande.

  • Eph 5:21-27
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    21Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God.

    22Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde:

    23For the husbande is the head of the wyfe, euen as Christe is the head of the Church: & he is the sauiour of the bodie.

    24But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges.

    25Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,

    26To sanctifie it, clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde,

    27To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche, not hauyng spot or wrinckle, or any such thyng: but that it should be holy, and without blame.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
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    2Neuerthelesse, to auoyde fornication, let euery man haue his owne wyfe, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence: Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande.

    4The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body, but the husbande: And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body, but the wife.

    5Defraude you not the one the other, except it be with both your consentes for a time, that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer: and afterward come together againe, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as it is comely in the Lorde.

    19Husbandes, loue your wyues, and be not bitter agaynst them:

  • Gen 2:23-24
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    23And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

    24For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shalbe ioyned with his wyfe: and they shall become one fleshe.

  • Matt 19:5-6
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    5And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe.

    6Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together.

  • Mark 10:7-8
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    7And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe:

    8And they twayne shalbe one fleshe. So then are they no more twayne, but one fleshe.

  • 1 Cor 7:33-34
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    33But he that hath maryed awyfe, careth for the thinges that are of the worlde, how he may please his wyfe.

    34There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe: The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde, that she may be holy both in body and in spirite: Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world, how she may please her husbande.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-16
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    15Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

    16Know ye not, that he whiche coupleth him selfe with an harlot, is one body? For two (sayth he) shalbe one fleshe.

  • 1 Pet 3:7-8
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    7Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge, geuyng honour vnto the wyfe, as vnto the weaker vessell, and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe, that your prayers be not hyndered.

    8In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women, whiche trusted in God, tyre them selues, and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes.

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For howe knowest thou O woman, whether thou shalt saue thy husbande? or how knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe?

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth.

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1Likewise ye wyues, be in subiectio to your husbandes, that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the couersation of ye wiues,

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none:

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren,

    5(To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.

  • Eph 5:2
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    2And walke ye in loue, euen as Christe hath loued vs, and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10Unto the maryed commaunde, not I, but the Lord, Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande:

  • Matt 5:28
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    28But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Neuerthelesse, neither is the man without the woman, neither ye woman without the man, in the Lorde.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

  • 1 Cor 7:27
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    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

  • 1 Cor 7:14
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    14For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe, and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande: els were your children vncleane, but nowe are they holy.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I wyl that ye knowe, that Christ is the head of euery man. And the man is the womans head: And God is Christes head.

  • 1 John 4:11
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    11Dearely beloued, yf God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour:

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

  • Matt 5:31
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    31It is saide: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement.