Ephesians 5:33

Plain English Version

So I say this to you married people. Every one of you husbands has to love your own wife as much as you love yourself. And every wife has to respect her husband.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:22

You women that are wives, you have to think about what your husbands want, and agree with them, just like God’s people always have to agree with what our leader, Jesus, wants.

Ephesians 5:25

Yes, and you men that are husbands, you have to do your part too. You have to always love your wives properly, just like Jesus Christ loves the people in his church properly. Jesus let people kill him so that he could save us.

Ephesians 5:32

Those words tell us important things, and they are a picture of something else too. They show us how Jesus Christ and his church are joined together, like one.

Colossians 3:19

Yes, and you men that are husbands, you have to do your part too. You have to love your wives properly, and don’t ever be hard on them.