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Book of Ephesians Chapter 5 - Read Chapter 5:28 - [In Context ]And husbands should love their wives like that. They should love their wives like they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
5:29 - [In Context ]Why? Because no person ever hates his own body. Every person feeds and takes care of his body. And that is what Christ does for the church,
5:30 - [In Context ]because we are parts of his body.
5:31 - [In Context ]{The Scriptures F42 say,} "So a man will leave his father and mother and join his wife. And the two people will become one." F43
5:32 - [In Context ]That secret truth is very important--I am talking about Christ and the church.
5:33 - [In Context ]But each one of you must love his wife like he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.
FOOTNOTES: F42: Scripture(s) Holy Writings--the Old Testament.
F43: "So a man … one" Quote from Gen. 2:24.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; PWP - Praying With Paul;
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