Ephesians 5:32

1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Timothy 3:8; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Colossians 2:2; Ephesians 6:19; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 62:5; John 3:29; Psalms 45:9-17; Revelation 19:7; Revelation 19:8; Revelation 21:2; Song of Solomon 1:1-8

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This is a great mystery - The Latin Vulgate translates this, “sacramentum hoc magnum est” - “this is a great sacrament” - and this is the proof,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(15) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (15) That no man might dream of natural union or knitting of Christ and...
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,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a . the. mystery . See Romans 16:25 ; Romans 16:26 and App-193. concerning . Greek. eis . App-104. and . and concerning.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

32. This is a great mystery. He concludes by expressing his astonishment at the spiritual union between Christ and the church. This is a g...
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 yo...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2124 UNION BETWEEN CHRIST AND HIS PEOPLE Ephesians 5:32 . This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the Church . CH...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. This is a great mystery - Το μυστηριον τουτο μεγα εστιν· This mystery is great...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This is a great mystery:— It is plain by the fore-going verses, and by the application of the words in Genesis 2:23 to Christ and the church, tha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. х To ( G3588 ) musteerion ( G3466 ) mega ( G3173 ) est...
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 i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a great mystery] RV 'This mystery is great.' 'It has a deep, wide-reaching meaning; but I am employing it of Christ and the Church.'
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 5. Practical Exhortation continued ( Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 ). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This is a great mystery. — Rather, This mystery is a great one. The words apply to the type, as well as to the Antitype. (1) The indissoluble and...
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 furt...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 25 ON FAMILY LIFE Ephesians 5:22-33 ; Ephesians 6:1-9 . CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Ephesians 5:22-33 In mutual subjection the Christian sp...
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-fil...
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 h...
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 t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This is a great mystery ,.... It has something mysterious in it; it is a figure and emblem of the mysterious union between Christ and his people: fo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Ver. 32. This is a great mystery ] To wit, this mystical marriage with Chr...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But to return to the subject from which this pleasing digression has led us: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies That is, as thems...
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 delight...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Duties of Husbands and Wives. A. D. 61. 21...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is a great mystery; either, this that was spoken before of a marriage union between Christ and the church, and its being of his flesh and of h...
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 relationsh...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘This is a great mystery, but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.' The church too on being united with Christ become one. It too is made...
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 l...
Scofield Reference Notes

bride ( Ephesians 5:30 ); ( Ephesians 5:31 ) are quoted from ( Genesis 2:23 ); ( Genesis 2:24 ), and exclude the interpretation that the refer...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:32 Sacramental Mysteries. I. The question of baptismal grace when it is conferred, or the conditions upon which it is conferred at al...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

This is a great mystery. The mysteriousness of religion It is in a discourse upon marriage that the apostle introduces these remarkable words;...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further application of the comparison:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
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....

³² This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 5:32

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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