20giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Wives and Husbands
22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.1 28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30because we are members of his body. 31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Footnotes
- 1 5:27 Or holy and blameless
Marriage: God’s Design
Ephesians 5:31–33 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 41:04 • ID: 3279
A Word to Husbands — Part Three
Ephesians 5:28–30 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 41:06 • ID: 3278
A Word to Husbands — Part One
Ephesians 5:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 38:25 • ID: 3276
A Word to Husbands — Part Two
Ephesians 5:25 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 21:12 • ID: 3277
Marriage: An Introduction
Ephesians 5:22–33 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 37:34 • ID: 3274
Submitting to One Another
Ephesians 5:21 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 38:46 • ID: 3265
A Study in Ephesians, Volume 8
Love, Light, Wisdom Ephesians 5:1–20 Series • ID: 14908
A Study in Colossians, Volume 4
God’s Pattern for Relationships Colossians 3:18–4:1, Ephesians 5:21–6:9 Series • ID: 15104
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