Ephesians 5:22,25,31
Ephesians 5:22-24 The Message (MSG)
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise submit to their husbands.
Ephesians 5:25-28 The Message (MSG)
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.
Ephesians 5:29-33 The Message (MSG)
No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.
Ephesians 5:22 King James Version (KJV)
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 King James Version (KJV)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it
Ephesians 5:31 King James Version (KJV)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:22 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:31 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
Ephesians 5:22 New Century Version (NCV)
Wives, yield to your husbands, as you do to the Lord
Ephesians 5:25 New Century Version (NCV)
Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it
Ephesians 5:31 New Century Version (NCV)
The Scripture says, “So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.”
Ephesians 5:22 American Standard Version (ASV)
Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 American Standard Version (ASV)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it
Ephesians 5:31 American Standard Version (ASV)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:22 New International Version (NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 New International Version (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Ephesians 5:31 New International Version (NIV)
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Ephesians 5:22 New King James Version (NKJV)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her
Ephesians 5:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Ephesians 5:22 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED [and be faithfully devoted] TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. [Gen 2:24]
Ephesians 5:22 New Living Translation (NLT)
For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 New Living Translation (NLT)
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
Ephesians 5:31 New Living Translation (NLT)
As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.”
Ephesians 5:22 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord
Ephesians 5:25 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride. For he died for us, sacrificing himself
Ephesians 5:31 The Passion Translation (TPT)
For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and lovingly hold to his wife, since the two have become joined as one flesh.
Ephesians 5:22 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
