Ephesians 5:25,28-29
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 5:25-28-29-33 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. 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 5:25 King James Version (KJV)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it
Ephesians 5:28-29 King James Version (KJV)
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church
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 5:28-29 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church
Ephesians 5:25 New Century Version (NCV)
Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it
Ephesians 5:28-29 New Century Version (NCV)
In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church
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 5:28-29 American Standard Version (ASV)
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church
Ephesians 5:25 New International Version (NIV)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Ephesians 5:28-29 New International Version (NIV)
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church
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 5:28-29 New King James Version (NKJV)
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
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 5:28-29 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church
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 5:28-29 New Living Translation (NLT)
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
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 5:28-29 The Passion Translation (TPT)
Husbands have the obligation of loving and caring for their wives the same way they love and care for their own bodies, for to love your wife is to love your own self. No one abuses his own body, but pampers it—serving and satisfying its needs. That’s exactly what Christ does for his church!
Ephesians 5:25 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
