Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Cistern » Figurative
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Marriage » The duties of a husband
Husbands, you should love your wives just as Christ also loved the church, and gave up His life for her,
Verse Concepts
[You] husbands, in the same way, should live with your wives in an understanding way, recognizing their feminine nature as being physically weaker than yours, and showing special honor to them because of it. [Realize] that sharing your lives together is a gracious gift [from God]. [If you have the right relationship with them] it will help avoid problems in your prayer lives.
Verse Concepts
You husbands should love your wives and not be harsh toward them.
Verse Concepts
I now want to reply to the matters you people wrote me about. It is [a] good [idea] for a man not to get married. [Note: The words "to get married" here are "to touch" in the Greek and probably refer to sexual relations within marriage. This advice, not a prohibition, is further explained in verses 26-35]. But, because of so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife, and the wife should do the same thing for her husband.