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

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 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:29

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

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 5:33

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

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.