Ephesians 5:28

James Moffatt - New Testament

So ought husbands to love their wives — to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself).

Cross References

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

Matthew 19:5

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

Ephesians 5:33

However, let every man of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife reverence her husband.

Ephesians 5:31

Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh.

Ephesians 5:29

For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church

1 Peter 3:7

In the same way you husbands must be considerate in living with your wives, since they are the weaker sex; you must honour them as heirs equally with yourselves of the grace of Life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.