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Ephesians 5:28
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Ephesians 5:28
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In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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Ephesians 5:28 in Other Translations
KJV
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
ESV
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In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
NLT
28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.
MSG
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And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor - since they're already "one" in marriage.
CSB
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In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28 In-Context
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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
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In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
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for we are members of his body.
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