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Ephesians 5:25 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; "
Ephesians 5:25
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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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 water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
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From This Chapter
Ephesians 5:1
"Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;"
Ephesians 5:2
"And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell."
Ephesians 5:2
"And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour."
Ephesians 5:3
"But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;"
Ephesians 5:4
"Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks."
Ephesians 5:5
"For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
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