Ephesians 5:28
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
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Referenced Verses
- Eph 5:25 : 25 The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
- Eph 5:33 : 33 but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.
- Eph 5:31 : 31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'
- Gen 2:21-24 : 21 And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. 22 And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; 23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; 24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
- Matt 19:5 : 5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?
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- Eph 5:29-335 verses90%
29 for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,
30 because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'
32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
33 but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.
- Eph 5:21-277 verses88%
21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
22 The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ `is' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25 The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
- 1 Cor 7:2-54 verses78%
2 and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
5 Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
- Col 3:18-192 verses77%
18 The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;
19 the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;
- Gen 2:23-242 verses75%
23 and the man saith, `This `is' the `proper' step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!' for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken;
24 therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.
- Matt 19:5-62 verses75%
5 and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?
6 so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'
- Mark 10:7-82 verses73%
7 on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,
8 and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
- 1 Cor 7:33-342 verses72%
33 and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how he shall please the wife.
34 The wife and the virgin have been distinguished: the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit, and the married is anxious for the things of the world, how she shall please the husband.
- 1 Cor 6:15-162 verses71%
15 Have ye not known that your bodies are members of Christ? having taken, then, the members of the Christ, shall I make `them' members of an harlot? let it be not!
16 have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'
- 1 Pet 3:7-82 verses71%
7 The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
8 And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,
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5 for thus once also the holy women who did hope on God, were adorning themselves, being subject to their own husbands,
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16 for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?
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18 Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,
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1 In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,
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29 And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;
- Titus 2:4-52 verses70%
4 that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of `their' husbands, lovers of `their' children,
5 sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.
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2 and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
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10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:
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28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
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11 but neither `is' a man apart from a woman, nor a woman apart from a man, in the Lord,
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5 (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
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27 Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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14 for the unbelieving husband hath been sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife hath been sanctified in the husband; otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.
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3 and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.
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11 Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;
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4 that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,
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22 `Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
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31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;