What does Paul say about Christ and believers in Ephesians 5?
Paul teaches that Christ's relationship to believers, as members of His Body, is identical to the husband-wife relationship. Just as husband and wife become one, believers in union with Christ become one with Him. This spiritual union is grasped by faith.
Les explains that in Ephesians 5:25 Paul moves to the husband's responsibility, but by inspiration he reveals that Christ's relationship to members of the Body of Christ is identical to the marriage relationship. A husband and wife are two people who become one, just as believers, though two separate entities, enter into union with Christ and become one with Him. Les says this is a deep concept in the spiritual realm, comprehended only by faith, and God reveals this relationship between Christ and believers, not merely between husband and wife. He then cites verse 25: "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also..."
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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What is the relationship between Christ and believers in Ephesians 5:25?
Paul, writing by inspiration in Ephesians 5:25, is revealing that Christ's relationship to believers as members of the Body of Christ is identical to the relationship of a husband and wife.
Who is Paul talking about in Ephesians 5:25 when he says Christ gave Himself for it?
The 'us' for whom Christ gave Himself in Ephesians 5:25 is believers—those who are members of the body of Christ—not Israel or some other group.