Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Holman Bible

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

International Standard Version

Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,

A Conservative Version

Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

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,

An Understandable Version

Husbands, you should love your wives just as Christ also loved the church, and gave up His life for her,

Anderson New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Daniel Mace New Testament

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

Darby Translation

Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

Godbey New Testament

Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

Goodspeed New Testament

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Husbands: love your wives, even as Christ loved the congregation, and gave himself for it,

Moffatt New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Montgomery New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,

NET Bible

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

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

The Emphasized Bible

Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, just as the Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for her,

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Williams New Testament

You married men must love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her,

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

Worsley New Testament

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:

Youngs Literal Translation

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀνήρ 
Aner 
man, husband, sir, fellow, not tr
Usage: 198

G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

even as
καθώς 
Kathos 
as, even as, according as, when, according to, how, as well as
Usage: 141

Χριστός 
christos 
Usage: 557


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

G25
ἀγαπάω 
Agapao 
Usage: 92

the church
ἐκκλησία 
Ekklesia 
Usage: 93

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

παραδίδωμι 
Paradidomi 
Usage: 75

ἑαυτοῦ 
heautou 
Usage: 249

for
ὑπέρ 
Huper 
Usage: 138

Devotionals

Devotionals about Ephesians 5:25

Devotionals containing Ephesians 5:25

Images Ephesians 5:25

Prayers for Ephesians 5:25

Context Readings

Husbands And Wives

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,



Cross References

Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Colossians 3:19

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

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Ephesians 5:2

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

Genesis 2:24

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

Matthew 20:28

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

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus 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 in his own blood,

Genesis 24:67

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

2 Samuel 12:3

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

Proverbs 5:18-19

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Luke 22:19-20

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

Acts 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Galatians 1:4

Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:

Galatians 2:20

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth 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.

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

1 Timothy 2:6

Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

1 Peter 1:18-21

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

Revelation 5:9

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

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