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Husbands,Οἱ ἄνδρεςloveἀγαπᾶτεyour wivesτὰς γυναῖκαςjust asκαθὼςalsoκαὶthe Messiahὁ Χριστὸςlovedἠγάπησενthe assemblyτὴν ἐκκλησίανandκαὶgave himself upἑαυτὸν παρέδωκενforὑπὲρher,αὐτῆς
Ephesians 5:25
Study it in the app“Husbands, love your wives just as also the Messiah loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,”
Paul holds up the Messiah's self-giving love as the husband's modelDating and Marriage
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:25, word by word
- Husbandsἄνδρεςandres
husband
The married man, his wife's partner.
Where else “andres” appears- loveἀγαπᾶτεagapate
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapate” appears- your wivesγυναῖκαςgynaikas
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaikas” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίανekklēsian
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsian” appears- gave himself upπαρέδωκενparedōken
hand over
To put something or someone into another's hands.
Where else “paredōken” appears
The context
24But as the assembly submits to the Messiah, so also the wives to their husbands in everything.
25 · This verse (above)
26so that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?