Ephesians 5:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; ”

Ephesians 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Husbands, love your wives - The duty of the wife is to obey; the right of the husband is to command. But the apostle would guard against the abuse of that right by enjoining the manifestation of...
Ephesians 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(12) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; (12) The husbands duty towards their wives is to love them as themselves, of which love the love of Chr...
Ephesians 5:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 . Subordination in the Fear of Christ. The principle is illustrated by the relation ( a) of wives to husbands, ( b) of children to parents, ( c ) of slaves to m...
Ephesians 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

love, loved . App-135. gave . gave up. See Ephesians 5:2 . it . her (feminine pronoun).
Ephesians 5:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

25. Husbands, love your wives. From husbands, on the other hand, the apostle requires that they cherish toward their wives no ordinary love; for to them, also, he holds out the example of Ch...
Ephesians 5:25 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2121 THE MARRIAGE UNION Ephesians 5:21-33 . Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband...
Ephesians 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Husbands, love your wives - Here is a grand rule, according to which every husband is called to act: Love you...
Ephesians 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 'Thou hast seen the measure of obedience; now hear the measure of love. Do you wish your wife to obey...
Ephesians 5:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The old Darkness and new Light. Rules for the Married 1, 2. In close connexion with what precedes. 'It is the mark of beloved children to become imitators of a loving Father; practise the self-sac...
Ephesians 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4 a. ) In Ephesians 5:22-33 . St. Paul passes from warning against special sins to consider the three great relations of life, first considered as “subjections,” and so illustrating the general pr...
Ephesians 5:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 DOCTRINE AND ETHICS Ephesians 4:25-32 ; Ephesians 5:1-6 The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands further consideration. It affords a striking and instr...
Ephesians 5:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love of Husband and Wife Ephesians 5:22-33 The Apostle has been urging us to be filled with the Spirit, and now proceeds to show how Spirit-filled people should act in their homes. He has been...
Ephesians 5:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

All that the apostle had been saying was emphasized by the statement of their relationship to God as he called them to be "imitators of God." Again he urged them to put off the old and put on the new...
Ephesians 5:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (24)...
Ephesians 5:25 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN EVERYDAY EXHORTATION ‘Husbands, love your wives.’ Ephesians 5:25 This exhortation was never more needed than in the present day. The decay of home life is due to the loosening of the marr...
Ephesians 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Husbands, love your wives ,.... Which consists in a strong and cordial affection for them; in a real delight and pleasure in them; in showing respect, and doing honour to them; in seeking their cont...
Ephesians 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Ver. 25. Husbands, love your wives ] He saith not, rule over them (in answer to submit, Eph 5:22), for th...
Ephesians 5:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle now proceeds to speak of the duty of husbands to their wives, the principal of which consists in their loving them, without which they would abuse their power to tyranny and oppression. B...
Ephesians 5:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WALK IN LOVE (vs.1-7) Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 5 are closely connected with verse 32 of chapter 4. God's gracious character of love that delights to have us as His dear children is our example....
Ephesians 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Duties of Husbands and Wives. A. D. 61. 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear...
Ephesians 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, viz. with a sincere, pure, ardent, and constant affection. As they resemble Christ in the honour they have of being the heads of the...
Ephesians 5:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Husbands and Wives Are A Pattern of Christ and His Church (5:22-33). In this passage there is a constant movement from the husband wife relationship to that of Christ and His church. In one sense...
Ephesians 5:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 5:22 . Submit yourselves. —Same word as in previous verse; neither here nor there does it involve any loss of self-respect. The wife’s tribute to her hus...
Ephesians 5:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

even as Christ Christ's love-work for the church is threefold: past, present, future: (1) Past; For love, He gave Himself to redeem the church ( Ephesians 5:25 ); (2) Present; In lov...
Ephesians 5:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:22-31 On Marriage. I. Consider how the earthly and the heavenly views of Christian marriage which the Apostle presents to us are thoroughly one, and cannot be separated. It was an old...
Ephesians 5:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 5:1 . Be ye therefore followers of God, Or, imitators of God,- Ephesians 5:1 . As dear children; Children are naturally imitators. They are usually inclined to imitate their fathe...
Ephesians 5:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 5:1 . Be ye followers of God as dear children, for children are expected to walk in their father's steps. He sends us rain and fruitful seasons, he makes his sun to rise on the evil and...
Ephesians 5:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church. The love of Jesus for His Church I. The chosen Church, the object of the Saviour’s love. 1. Observe what this Church was by n...
Ephesians 5:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITIOn Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as children beloved. These words are closely connected with the preceding. In Ephesians 4:32 he had urged the example of God...
Ephesians 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Duties of Husbands and Wives as Shown by the Relation of Christ to the Church. Ephesians 5:22-33 The exhortation with its basis:
Ephesians 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:18-21 ; 1 Peter 3:7 ; 1 Timothy 2:6 ; 2 Samuel 12:3 ; Acts 20:28 ; Colossians 3:19 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Ephesians 5:28 ; Galatians 1:4 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 24:...
Ephesians 5:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Followers of God Ephesians 5:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of today's chapter has a clear and clarion call to the children of God. It is something that we may not sidetrack or push...
Ephesians 5:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Even as Christ loved the church — Here is the true model of conjugal affection. With this kind of affection, with this degree of it, and to this end, should husbands love their wives.

Ephesians 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ephesians 5:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Ephesians 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ephesians 5:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 5:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ephesians 5:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 5:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 5:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ephesians 5:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ephesians 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Ephesians 5:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes