Ephesians 5:33
New International Version
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

New Living Translation
So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

English Standard Version
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Berean Standard Bible
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Berean Literal Bible
However, you also, every individual, let each so love his wife as himself; and the wife, that she may respect the husband.

King James Bible
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

New King James Version
Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

New American Standard Bible
Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

NASB 1995
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

NASB 1977
Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.

Legacy Standard Bible
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

Amplified Bible
However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear].

Christian Standard Bible
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

American Standard Version
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Moreover, you also, everyone of you should in this way love his wife as himself; but the woman should revere her husband.

Contemporary English Version
So each husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself, and each wife should respect her husband.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.

English Revised Version
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands.

Good News Translation
But it also applies to you: every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect her husband.

International Standard Version
But each individual man among you must love his wife as he loves himself; and may the wife fear her husband.

Literal Standard Version
but you also, everyone in particular—let each so love his own wife as himself, and the wife—that she may revere the husband.

Majority Standard Bible
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

New American Bible
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself, and the wife should respect her husband.

NET Bible
Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

New Revised Standard Version
Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.

New Heart English Bible
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Webster's Bible Translation
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Weymouth New Testament
Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

World English Bible
Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Young's Literal Translation
but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.

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Context
Wives and Husbands
32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Cross References
Psalm 45:11
and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:32
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

1 Peter 3:2
when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

1 Peter 3:5
For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.


Treasury of Scripture

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

let.

Ephesians 5:25,28,29
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; …

Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

reverence.

Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

1 Kings 1:31
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

Esther 1:20
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

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Ephesians 5
1. After general exhortations to love;
3. to flee sexual immorality;
4. and all uncleanness;
7. not to converse with the wicked;
15. to walk carefully;
18. and to be filled with the Spirit;
22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands;
25. and husbands ought to love their wives,
32. even as Christ does his church.














(33) Nevertheless.--Although, i.e., the primary and perfect application is to Christ alone, let the teaching be so far applied to marriage as that practically "the husband love his wife as himself," and "the wife reverence (properly, fear) the husband." This return to homely, practical duty after high and mysterious teaching is characteristic of St. Paul. (See, for example, 1Corinthians 15:58.)

Verse 33. - Nevertheless let each of you severally so love his own wife even as himself. The "nevertheless" refers to the unsolved part of the mystery: whatever may be mysterious, there is no mystery as to this, as to the duty of each husband to love his wife even as himself: that, as already shown, is clear from many considerations. And let the wife see that she fear her husband. Not, of course, with the slavish fear of one terrified and trembling because of a stronger being, but with the holy respect due to one to whom, by the will of God, she stands in a subordinate relation. The relation of Sarah to Abraham may again be referred to as indicating the true ideal of the relation of the wife to the husband.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Nevertheless,
πλὴν (plēn)
Conjunction
Strong's 4133: However, nevertheless, but, except that, yet. From pleion; moreover, i.e. Albeit, save that, rather, yet.

each one
ἕκαστος (hekastos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every.

of you
ὑμεῖς (hymeis)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

must love
ἀγαπάτω (agapatō)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

his
ἑαυτοῦ (heautou)
Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

wife
γυναῖκα (gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

as [he loves]
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

himself,
ἑαυτόν (heauton)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

and
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

wife
γυνὴ (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

must respect
φοβῆται (phobētai)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5399: From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.

[her]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

husband.
ἄνδρα (andra)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.


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