Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church
Ephesians 5:25 — Meaning, Context and Bible Study
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Ephesians 5:25 WEB
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
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Context
Part of Paul's teaching on households (5:21-33), which begins with "submit to one another" (5:21). Husbands are to love sacrificially, as Christ gave himself for the church.
Read it in its setting. Read with the whole passage; it gives no licence for control or abuse (see the life situation on abuse and unsafe relationships).