Ephesians 5:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:25

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

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Ephesians 5:33

however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.