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Ephesians 5:25-26 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verses 25–26 · King James Version
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,Ephesians 5:25-26 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:25-26 in context
23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 3:7
- Colossians 3:19
- Ephesians 5:28
- Genesis 2:24
- Ephesians 5:33
- Ephesians 5:2
- Hebrews 10:22
- John 15:3
- Ezekiel 36:25
- John 3:5
- John 17:17-19
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
Key words (Strong's)
- Husbandsanērwith reference to sex, of a male, of a husband, of a betrothed or future husband, with…G435 →
- sanctifyhagiazōto render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow, to separate from profane things…G37 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- washingloutronbathing, bath, the act of bathingG3067 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- churchekklēsiaa gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly…G1577 →
- wivesgynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- waterhydōrwater, of water in rivers, in fountains, in pools, of the water of the deluge, of water…G5204 →
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Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph 5:21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-33