Bible verse

Ephesians 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:25 · BSB

Ephesians 5:25 in context

The verses around it, from Ephesians 5.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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

26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Read all of Ephesians 5

Ephesians 5:25 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

Newsletter

Scripture in your inbox

A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.

← Ephesians 5:24 All of Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5:26 →

Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.