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Ephesians 5:28
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In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28 in Other Translations
KJV
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
ESV
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In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
NLT
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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.
MSG
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And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor - since they're already "one" in marriage.
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In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28 Meaning and Commentary
Ephesians 5:28
FOOTNOTES:
F18 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 24. 1. & Becorot, fol. 35. 2. Maimon. Hilchot Becorot, c. 2. sect. 17. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 18. 2.
F19 T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 62. 2. & Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 2. Derech Eretz, fol. 17. 4. Maimon Hilchot Ishot, c. 15. sect. 19.
F20 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 6. 3.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies
It is a common saying with the Jews, that a man's wife is (wpwgk) , "as his own body" F18; and it is one of the precepts of their wise men, that a man should honour his wife more than his body, (wpwgk hbhaw) , and "love her as his body" F19; for as they also say, they are but one body F20; the apostle seems to speak in the language of his countrymen; however, his doctrine and theirs agree in this point: wherefore
he that loveth his wife loveth himself;
because she is one body and flesh with him.
F18 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 24. 1. & Becorot, fol. 35. 2. Maimon. Hilchot Becorot, c. 2. sect. 17. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 18. 2.
F19 T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 62. 2. & Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 2. Derech Eretz, fol. 17. 4. Maimon Hilchot Ishot, c. 15. sect. 19.
F20 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 6. 3.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ephesians 5:28 In-Context
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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
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In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
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for we are members of his body.
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- 1. ver 25
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