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.
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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.
What does Ephesians 5:28 mean?
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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.
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