Ephesians 5:28
New International Version
28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives(A) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28
King James Version
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
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Ephesians 5:25
New International Version
Ephesians 5:25
King James Version
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Matthew 19:5
New International Version
5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[a]?(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24
Matthew 19:5
King James Version
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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Genesis 2:21-24
New International Version
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
“This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;(C)
she shall be called(D) ‘woman,’
for she was taken out of man.(E)”
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(F) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
- Genesis 2:22 Or part
Genesis 2:21-24
King James Version
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Ephesians 5:33
New International Version
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife(A) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Ephesians 5:33
King James Version
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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Ephesians 5:31
New International Version
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24
Ephesians 5:31
King James Version
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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