Ephesians 5:33 Meaning and Explanation
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul concludes: each husband is to love his wife as himself, and the wife to respect her husband.
What Does Ephesians 5:33 Mean?
Paul draws his counsel to a close, bringing it down to each individual: 'let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself.' The grand picture of Christ and the church returns at last to the daily reality of one husband and one wife, called to love and respect.
'And the wife see that she reverence her husband.' Love and reverence together knit the home in harmony. Paul ends not with the heights of mystery but with the practical heart of it: a husband's self-giving love and a wife's honoring respect, each reflecting in their own way the bond of Christ and His church.
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What does Ephesians 5:33 mean?
Paul concludes: each husband is to love his wife as himself, and the wife to respect her husband.