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Ephesians 5:25-33
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25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26
to make her holy, cleansing
[a]
her by the washing with water through the word,
27
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
28
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
30
for we are members of his body.
31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
[b]
32
This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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10
1.
ver 28,33;
Colossians 3:19
2.
S ver 2
3.
John 17:19
;
Hebrews 2:11
;
Hebrews 10:10,14
;
Hebrews 13:12
4.
S
Acts 22:16
5.
S
2 Corinthians 4:14
6.
Ephesians 1:4
;
Colossians 1:22
7.
ver 25
8.
S
Romans 12:5
; S
1 Corinthians 12:27
9.
Genesis 2:24
;
Matthew 19:5
;
1 Corinthians 6:16
10.
ver 25
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2
[a].
Or "having cleansed"
[b].
Gen. 2:24
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