Verse 25

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

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Menn, elsk deres koner, slik som Kristus også elsket kirken, og ga seg selv for den;

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Dere menn, elsk deres egne koner, slik Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den.

• Norsk King James

  Menn, elsk deres koner, slik som Kristus også elsket kirken, og ga seg selv for den;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Menn, elsk konene deres, slik som Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den,

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Menn, elsk hustruene deres, likesom Kristus elsket menigheten og gav seg selv for den;

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Menn, elsk deres koner, slik også Kristus elsket kirken og ga seg selv for den,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Menn, elsk deres hustruer, som også Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Menn, elsk deres koner, slik Kristus elsket kirken og ofret seg selv for den.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Dere menn, elsk deres hustruer, slik også Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den,

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Dere menn, elsk deres hustruer, slik også Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere menn, elsk deres koner, likesom Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for henne,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Menn, elsk deres koner, som også Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for henne,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  I Mænd! elsker Eders Hustruer, ligesom og Christus elskede Menigheden og hengav sig selv for den,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menn, elsk deres hustruer, slik også Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Menn, elsk deres koner, slik Kristus også elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere menn, elsk deres hustruer, slik Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menn, elsk deres hustruer slik som Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ektemenn, elsk deres koner, slik Kristus elsket menigheten og ga seg selv for den;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Husbandes love youre wyves even as Christ loved the congregacion and gave him silfe for it

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• 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.