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

So ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one flesh.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took Rebekah as his wife; and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up, and it grew up together with him and with his children; it ate of his own food and drank of his own cup and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.

Thy fountain shall be blessed; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them wisely, giving honour unto the woman, as unto a more fragile vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers not be hindered.

Loved

and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many.

And taking bread, having given thanks, he broke it and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

I AM the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, they shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to feed the congregation of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

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,

I am 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 the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

who gave himself in ransom for all, the testimony of which was confirmed at the time,

knowing that ye have been ransomed from your vain conversation (which you received from your fathers), not with corruptible things like silver and gold,

and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood

And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood, out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation

General references

Likewise he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

We will make thee earrings of gold with studs of silver.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.