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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of.
Verse 25. - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for her. The husband's duty to the wife is enforced by another parallel - it ought to correspond to Christ's love for the Church.
Husbands, love your wives [with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them] and do not be embittered or resentful toward them [because of the responsibilities of marriage].
- Love Her Heart—Emotional Love. The Bible uses the word “love” over 350 times. Almost 10% of these times are in the Song of Solomon (which comprises less than 0.5 percent of Scripture).
- Love Her Mind—Intellectual Love. A loving husband graciously convinces his wife that, to him, she is the most important person in the world. By this I don’t mean that he persuades her that he will never leave her.
- Love Her Body—Physical Love. At the most basic level, by physical love a husband strives to meet his wife’s physical needs. An able man who consistently chooses not to provide for the physical needs of his wife does not love her.
- Love Her Soul—Spiritual Love. Men tend to be task-oriented. But often we neglect one of our greatest responsibilities; the cultivation of godliness in our wives.
Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Amplified Bible. In the same way, you husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way [with great gentleness and tact, and with an intelligent regard for the marriage relationship], as with someone physically weaker, since she is a woman.
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Dec 18, 2023 · Verse 25 gives the basic command: “Husbands, love your wives.” In case anyone wonders, the Greek word for “love” here is a form of agape . Husbands are to love their wives with God’s kind of love—selfless, sacrificial, and unconditional.
