Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. ( New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. as. Ephesians 5:31,33 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh. . . . Genesis 2:21-24 Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. . . . Matthew 19:5 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh. Context Wives and Husbands…27That he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:… Cross References Genesis 2:23 And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it: Ephesians 5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church: Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband. 1 Peter 3:7 Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered. Jump to Previous Bodies Husbands Love Loving Married Ought Themselves Way Wife WivesJump to Next Bodies Husbands Love Loving Married Ought Themselves Way Wife WivesLinks Ephesians 5:28 NIVEphesians 5:28 NLT Ephesians 5:28 ESV Ephesians 5:28 NASB Ephesians 5:28 Bible Apps Ephesians 5:28 Biblia Paralela Ephesians 5:28 Chinese Bible Ephesians 5:28 French Bible Ephesians 5:28 German Bible Alphabetical: also as bodies He himself his husbands In love loves ought own same So their this to way who wife wives NT Letters: Ephesians 5:28 Even so husbands also ought to love (Ephes. Eph. Ep) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |