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Ephesians 5:28

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself,

Ephesians 5:28

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 28 In this way husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself,

Ephesians 5:28

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 28 οὕτως Thus ὀφείλουσιν are owing καὶ also οἱ the ἄνδρες male persons ἀγαπᾷν to be loving τὰς the ἑαυτῶν of themselves γυναῖκας women ὡς as τὰ the ἑαυτῶν of themselves σώματα· bodies; ὁ the (one) ἀγαπῶν loving τὴν the ἑαυτοῦ of himself γυναῖκα woman ἑαυτὸν himself ἀγαπᾷ, is loving,

Ephesians 5:28

King James Version
- 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 5:28

American Standard Version
- 28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Ephesians 5:28

The Bible in Living English
- 28 so ought husbands too to love their wives as they do their own bodies. He who loves his wife is loving himself;

Ephesians Study Notes—Chapter 5

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 5:28
  
  love: Paul uses the Greek verb a·ga·paʹo (to love) several times in this context to describe the love that a husband should show for his wife. (Eph 5:25, 33) Paul compares that love to the love that Christ shows for the congregation. (See study note on Eph 5:25.) The corresponding noun a·gaʹpe (love) is described in detail at 1Co 13:4-8. Christian love shown within the family combines affectionate feelings of the heart with a mental determination to apply the righteous standards established by Jehovah God.—See study note on 1Co 13:4.