Ephesians 5:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

New Living Translation
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her

English Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Berean Study Bible
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

New American Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

NASB 1995
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

NASB 1977
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her;

Amplified Bible
Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Christian Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

Contemporary English Version
A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

Good News Translation
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.

International Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,

NET Bible
Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

New King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

King James 2000 Bible
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

New Heart English Bible
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

World English Bible
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

American King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

American Standard Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

A Faithful Version
Husbands, love your own wives, in the same way that Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;

Darby Bible Translation
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

English Revised Version
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Webster's Bible Translation
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it,

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Husbandes love youre wyves even as Christ loved the congregacion and gave him silfe for it
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,

Berean Literal Bible
Husbands, love the wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Young's Literal Translation
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Smith's Literal Translation
Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;

Literal Emphasis Translation
Husbands love your wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Husbands, love your wives, as The Messiah also loves his church and gave himself up for her sake,

Lamsa Bible
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved his church, and gave himself for it;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,

Godbey New Testament
Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

Haweis New Testament
Husbands, love your own wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Mace New Testament
You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

Weymouth New Testament
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Worrell New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

Worsley New Testament
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
















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