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 5:28 - Revised Standard Version Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even so husbands should love their wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. American Standard Version (1901) Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: Common English Bible That’s how husbands ought to love their wives—in the same way as they do their own bodies. Anyone who loves his wife loves himself. Catholic Public Domain Version So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. |
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’?
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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.