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New Living Translation

Ephesians 5:28

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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Husband;   Wife;   Scofield Reference Index - Bride;   Thompson Chain Reference - Conjugal Love;   Family;   Home;   Love;   Social Duties;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Love;   Marriage;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Husbands;   Union with Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Solomon's Song;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ethics;   Husband;   Marriage;   Men;   Wife;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Body of Christ;   Family Life and Relations;   Head, Headship;   Marriage;   New Jerusalem;   Overseer;   Paul the Apostle;   Sanctification;   Sexuality, Human;   Union with Christ;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Self-Denial;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Marriage;   Wife;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adam (1);   Adultery;   Canticles;   ;   Church;   Divorce;   Eve;   Marriage;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Body of Christ;   Church;   Ephesians, Book of;   Family;   Head;   Marriage;   Paul;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Song of Solomon;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Peter, First Epistle of;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adultery ;   Brotherly Love;   Character;   Commandment;   Dependence;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Family;   Hating, Hatred;   Headship;   Holiness Purity;   Marriage;   Marriage (I.);   Woman;   Worldliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Husband;   Marriage;   36 Ought Must;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;   Church;   Lamech;   Marriage;   Play;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ephesians, Epistle to the;   Essenes, the;   Pauline Theology;   Purity;   Song of Songs;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
And husbands should love their wives like that. They should love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself,
Revised Standard Version
Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So ought men to love their wyves as their awne bodyes. He that loveth his wyfe loveth him sylfe.
Hebrew Names Version
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
New American Standard Bible
So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
New Century Version
In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
Update Bible Version
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself:
Webster's Bible Translation
So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
English Standard Version
In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
World English Bible
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Men ought so to love their wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
Weymouth's New Testament
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;
English Revised Version
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
Berean Standard Bible
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Contemporary English Version
In the same way, a husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself. A husband who loves his wife shows that he loves himself.
Amplified Bible
Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
American Standard Version
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
Bible in Basic English
Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:
Complete Jewish Bible
This is how husbands ought to love their wives — like their own bodies; for the man who loves his wife is loving himself.
Darby Translation
So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
International Standard Version
In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they lovethey love">[fn] their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
Etheridge Translation
So it becometh husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. For he who his wife loveth, himself he loveth.
Murdock Translation
It behooveth men so to love their wives, as [fn] their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.
King James Version (1611)
So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.
New Life Bible
So men should love their wives as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
New Revised Standard
In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
George Lamsa Translation
So should men love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, ought the husbands also to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies, - he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,
Douay-Rheims Bible
So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe.
Good News Translation
Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.
Christian Standard Bible®
In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
King James Version
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Lexham English Bible
Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.
Literal Translation
So, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies, (he loving his wife loves himself),
Young's Literal Translation
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."
New English Translation
In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
New King James Version
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Husbands must do the same for their wives. Loving his wife shows that he loves himself.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
Legacy Standard Bible
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

Contextual Overview

21 And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. 24 As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. 25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word. 27 He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. 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. 29 No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. 30 And we are members of his body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as: Ephesians 5:31, Ephesians 5:33, Genesis 2:21-24, Matthew 19:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:24 - and they shall be one flesh Deuteronomy 22:13 - General Deuteronomy 24:5 - a man Ecclesiastes 3:8 - time to love Isaiah 28:7 - erred Matthew 19:6 - God Mark 10:8 - one flesh 1 Corinthians 7:2 - let Ephesians 5:25 - love Colossians 3:19 - love

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies,.... It is a common saying with the Jews, that a man's wife is כגופו, "as his own body" r; and it is one of the precepts of their wise men, that a man should honour his wife more than his body, ואהבה כגופו, and "love her as his body" s; for as they also say, they are but one body t; the apostle seems to speak in the language of his countrymen; however, his doctrine and theirs agree in this point: wherefore

he that loveth his wife loveth himself; because she is one body and flesh with him.

r T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 24. 1. & Becorot, fol. 35. 2. Maimon. Hilchot Becorot, c. 2. sect. 17. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 18. 2. s T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 62. 2. & Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 2. Derech Eretz, fol. 17. 4. Maimon Hilchot Ishot, c. 15. sect. 19. t Tzeror Hammor, fol. 6. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies - Because they are one flesh; Ephesians 5:31. This is the subject on which Paul had been speaking, and from which he had been diverted by the allusion to the glorified church. The doctrine here is, that a husband should have the same care for the comfort of his wife which he has for himself. He should regard her as one with himself; and as he protects his own body from cold and hunger, and, when sick and suffering, endeavors to restore it to health, so he should regard and treat her.

He that loveth his wife loveth himself -

(1) Because she is one with him, and their interests are identified.

(2) Because, by this, he really promotes his own welfare, as much as he does when he takes care of his own body. A man’s kindness to his wife will be more than repaid by the happiness which she imparts; and all the real solicitude which he shows to make her happy, will come to more than it costs. If a man wishes to promote his own happiness in the most effectual way, he had better begin by showing kindness to his wife.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 28. As their own bodies — For the woman is, properly speaking, a part of the man; for God made man male and female, and the woman was taken out of his side; therefore is she flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone; and therefore, he that loveth his wife loveth himself, for they two are one flesh. The apostle, in all these verses, refers to the creation and original state of the first human pair.


 
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