Ephesians 5:25

God's Word

Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 24:67

Isaac took her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He married Rebekah. She became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had only one little female lamb that he had bought. He raised her, and she grew up in his home with his children. She would eat his food and drink from his cup. She rested in his arms and was like a daughter.

Song of Solomon 1:11

We will make gold ornaments with silver beads for you.

Matthew 20:28

It’s the same way with the Son of Man. He didn’t come so that others could serve him. He came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

John 6:51

I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh.”

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.

Galatians 1:4

In order to free us from this present evil world, Christ took the punishment for our sins, because that was what our God and Father wanted.

Galatians 2:20

I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God’s Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.

Ephesians 5:2

Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is under Christ’s authority, so wives are under their husbands’ authority in everything.

Ephesians 5:28

So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:33

But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands.

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be harsh with them.

1 Timothy 2:6

He sacrificed himself for all people to free them from their sins. This message is valid for every era.

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands, in a similar way, live with your wives with understanding since they are weaker than you are. Honor your wives as those who share God’s life-giving kindness  so that nothing will interfere with your prayers.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the trustworthy one, the first to come back to life, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. Glory and power forever and ever  belong to the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 5:9

Then they sang a new song, “You deserve to take the scroll and open the seals on it, because you were slaughtered. You bought people with your blood to be God’s own. They are from every tribe, language, people, and nation.