Ephesians 5:25

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Summary

Ephesians 5:25

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

Love

1 Peter 3:7

Loved

General references

Bible References

Love

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

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife --

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

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Loved

and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

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."

Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed time.

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,

and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

General references

He then slaughtered the burnt offering, and his sons handed the blood to him and he splashed it against the altar's sides.

We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver.

His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me.

You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!