Ephesians 5:28
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28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
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Ephesians 5:25
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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (B)gave Himself for her,
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Genesis 2:21-24
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21 And the Lord God caused a (A)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [a]made into a woman, (B)and He (C)brought her to the man.
23 And Adam said:
“This is now (D)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [b]Woman,
Because she was (E)taken out of [c]Man.”
24 (F)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (G)be[d] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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- Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
- Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
- Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
- Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling
Matthew 19:5
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5 and said, (A)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and (B)the two shall become one flesh’?
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Ephesians 5:33
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33 Nevertheless (A)let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she (B)respects her husband.
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Ephesians 5:31
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31 (A)“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the (B)two shall become one flesh.”
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