Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives the way Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her.
Treated in 27 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Eph. v. 25
…his own body on the tree,” 1 Pet. ii. 24; — “loved the church, and gave himself for it,” Eph. v. 25; Gal. ii. 20; Rom. iv. 25; Rev. i. 5, 6; Tit. ii. 14; 1 Tim. ii. 6; Isa. liii. 12; John…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites Ephesians 5:25
…love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it” (Ephesians 5:25, ASV). Whatever authority one believes the husband possesses, its model is a crucified…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites Eph. v. 25–27
…spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, and without blemish,” Eph. v. 25–27. And this, by virtue of his death, in various and several degrees, shall be accomplished.…
- Communion with God ·
Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Eph. v. 25
…had accomplished it, Luke xii. 50. Because he loved his church, he gave himself for it, Eph. v. 25, despising the shame, and enduring the cross, Heb. xii. 2, that he might enjoy his bride…
- Communion with God ·
Digression I: some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration cites Eph. v. 25–27
…we are so defiled, that it could no otherwise be done, he will do it by his own blood, Eph. v. 25–27, “Even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify…
- Communion with God ·
Other consequential affections cites Eph. v. 25
…his, and be made partakers of his glory, — he would part with all he had for their sakes, Eph. v. 25, 26. There would be no end, should I go through all the instances of Christ’s valuation…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Sanctification cites Eph. 5:25
…is primarily not our work but God's. 2. The second part of the answer is found in Eph. 5:25, 26, "Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
Loving Her as Christ Loved the Church cites Ephesians 5:25–26
…up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word." — Ephesians 5:25–26 There is no higher standard for a husband in all the Bible than this: love your wife as…
- Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Ephesians 5:25
…and a great deal of purpose. Scriptures to revisit Genesis 2:24; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Ephesians 5:25. Reflection 1. What makes a marriage strong when outward things are plain? 2. How can you…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
Let Me Be a Woman cites EPHESIANS 5:25
…Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. EPHESIANS 5:25 Three things are worth noticing about how she presented it. First, she held that…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Do I Have to Go to Church? cites Ephesians 5:25
…deeds” (Hebrews 10:24). Jesus Himself “loved the church and gave Himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25). It’s hard to love Jesus while avoiding what He loves. Honest objections “I can worship…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Isn’t Christianity Bad for Women? cites Ephesians 5:25
…“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25). That is a call to lay down your life, not to boss someone around. Christians differ on…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
The Church and the Sacraments cites EPHESIANS 5:25–26
…for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. EPHESIANS 5:25–26 This is the chapter on which Augustine’s readers most often part company. Catholics read…
- The Key Teachings of Derek Prince ·
Husbands and Fathers cites EPHESIANS 5:25
…Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. EPHESIANS 5:25 Paul’s instruction to husbands follows directly on his call for all believers to submit…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
The Death of Death cites EPHESIANS 5:25
…Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. EPHESIANS 5:25 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
My Lord Katie cites EPHESIANS 5:25
…Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. EPHESIANS 5:25 Honest cautions There are shadows here too. Luther’s words about women were sometimes…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Overcomers and the Reward cites EPHESIANS 5:25–27
…present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. EPHESIANS 5:25–27 The consummation, then, is a wedding. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Eph 5: 25
…belonging to marriage, are love and fidelity. Love is the marriage of the affections. Eph 5: 25. There is, as it were, but one heart in two bodies. Love lines the yoke and makes it…
- Evening by Evening ·
March cites Ephesians 5:25
…Boaz. March 20 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.” (Ephesians 5:25) What a golden example Christ gives to his disciples! Few masters could venture to say…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Sin in Believers cites Eph. 5:25
…word, Christ gave himself for the Church, that it might be holy and without blemish.’” (Eph. 5:25, 27.) And so it will be in the end: But it never was yet, from the beginning to this day.…
- Holiness ·
Sanctification cites Ephes. v. 25
…to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight.” (John xvii. 19; Ephes. v. 25; Titus ii. 14; 1 Peter ii. 24; Coloss. i. 22.) Let the meaning of these five texts be…
- Holiness ·
Holiness cites Ephes. v. 25
…loved the Church, and gave Himself for it, that He might sanctify and cleanse it.” (Ephes. v. 25, 26.) And to Titus, “He gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 15 — Of Baptism cites Eph. 5:25
…for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Eph. 5:25, 26); and again, “not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his…
- A Plain Account of Christian Perfection ·
Sections 15-21 cites Eph. 5:25-27
…spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it might be holy and without blemish.’ (Eph. 5:25-27.) “And to the same effect is his assertion in the eighth of the Romans, verses 3, 4: ‘God…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites Eph. 5:25-27
…spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish” (Eph. 5:25-27). Nevertheless, it is true, that the Lord is daily smoothing its wrinkles, and wiping…
- The Key in My Hand ·
The Tragic Truth cites Ephesians 5:22-33
…gives examples of how this should be in our relationships. Christian Marriage → Ephesians 5:22-33 If Christian marriages were what they are supposed to be, with both parties Spirit-filled…
- The Life and Diary of David Brainerd ·
Being part 2d of his public journal of the Continuance and Progress of a remarkable work of grace among the Indians in New-Jersey and Pennsylvania kept by order of the Society in Scotland for propagating Christian knowledge.—Renewal of labor at Crossweeksung—outpouring of the spirit—remarkable case— cites Eph. 5:22-33
…and latter rain.’ “Afterward I discoursed to them on the duty of husbands and wives, from Eph. 5:22-33, and have reason to think this was a word in season. Spent some time further in the…