Ephesians 5:29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, Paul continues to highlight that a husband’s love for himself is reflected in how he loves his wife. And you would think: “what husband, would ever purposely not Read more…
Ephesians 5:28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; This verse is, at least, telling us that a man’s love for himself is directly reflected in how he cares for his wife? And, may I suggest, Read more…
Ephesians 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. Jesus’s purpose for His church is to have her set apart from worldly standards and to make her without Read more…
Ephesians 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, As Christ lived and died to make His church holy and set apart, so we, husbands must do the same for our wives. This is our main concern, husbands. Everything else Read more…
Ephesians 5 :25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, Do you realize, Husband, that the way you love your wife will be reflected in the manner she is subjected to you? Let me list ways to love your wife: Read more…
Ephesians 5 :24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything Just as a church functions well when there is a chain of leadership, so does the home Just as Christ exhorts us to use our gifts for Read more…
Ephesians 5 :23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. It is easy to recoil at such a statement as this because of the push for equality in our culture today; Read more…
Ephesians 5 :22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. There is a double injustice done to this word, subject. First, our modern culture has tainted this to mean enforced slavery, or anything of the like; and, secondly, it is not uncommon to hear Christian couples Read more…
Ephesians 5:21 and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ Most people I know do not like this word subject because of its negative connotations of demeaning another individual But, this word as used here conveys the attitude of thinking more highly of others than ourselves all Read more…
Ephesians 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; Now, if you have experienced the peace that comes from giving thanks to God in all thing, don’t be surprised if people label you a simpleton when crisis comes Read more…