How should husbands love their wives according to Ephesians 5:25?
Paul writes that husbands should love their wives self-sacrificially, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it. This love reflects Christ's sacrifice and His sanctifying, cleansing work through the Word for believers in His body, making it a high, sacrificial standard.
Les explains that Ephesians 5:25 commands husbands to love their wives with the same love Christ showed the church when He gave Himself for it. Paul is talking about believers, members of the body of Christ. Christ did this so He might sanctify and cleanse the church, not by a foot tub or a laver, but by the washing of water by the Word. Thus the husband's love is patterned on Christ's sacrificial, sanctifying love for His own.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
More Questions
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.