Ephesians 5:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it;

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  • Col 3:19 : 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.
  • 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 In the same way, you husbands, live with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
  • Eph 5:28 : 28 So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  • Gal 1:4 : 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
  • Eph 5:33 : 33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • Luke 22:19-20 : 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
  • John 6:51 : 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Gen 24:67 : 67 Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
  • 2 Sam 12:3 : 3 But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nurtured: it grew up with him and with his children; it ate of his own food, drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave Himself as a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-21 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who through Him 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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    26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

    27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

    28So men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church:

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

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

    32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

    33Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

  • Eph 5:21-24
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    21Submitting to one another in the fear of God.

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

    23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

    24Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

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

    19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be bitter against them.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
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    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

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

    5Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Eph 5:1-2
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    1Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;

    2And walk in love, as Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands:

  • 1 Pet 3:7-8
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    7In the same way, you husbands, live with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

    8Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that if any do not obey the word, they may also be won without a word by the conduct of their wives;

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

    6Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed.

  • Gen 2:24
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    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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

  • Mark 10:7
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    7For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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

  • Eph 6:5
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    5Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

  • 1 Cor 7:13-14
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    13And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5For if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

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

  • Deut 24:1
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    1When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Eph 4:15
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    15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into him who is the head, Christ:

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.

  • 1 Cor 7:10
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    10And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

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

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

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

  • Rom 7:2
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    2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

  • 1 Tim 3:11
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    11In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.