28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Other Translations of 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.

English Standard Version

28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

The Message

28 And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They're really doing themselves a favor - since they're already "one" in marriage.

New King James Version

28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

New Living Translation

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ephesians 5:28

Commentary on Ephesians 5:22-33

(Read Ephesians 5:22-33)

The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and constant, notwithstanding her failures. Christ gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify it in this world, and glorify it in the next, that he might bestow on all his members a principle of holiness, and deliver them from the guilt, the pollution, and the dominion of sin, by those influences of the Holy Spirit, of which baptismal water was the outward sign. The church and believers will not be without spot or wrinkle till they come to glory. But those only who are sanctified now, shall be glorified hereafter. The words of Adam, mentioned by the apostle, are spoken literally of marriage; but they have also a hidden sense in them, relating to the union between Christ and his church. It was a kind of type, as having resemblance. There will be failures and defects on both sides, in the present state of human nature, yet this does not alter the relation. All the duties of marriage are included in unity and love. And while we adore and rejoice in the condescending love of Christ, let husbands and wives learn hence their duties to each other. Thus the worst evils would be prevented, and many painful effects would be avoided.