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Ephesians 5:33

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

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB 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.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    Neverthelesse do ye so that every one of you love his wyfe truely even as him silfe. And let the wyfe se that she feare her husbande.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.

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Cross-references (8)

Passages linked to Ephesians 5:33 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Peter 3:2-7 seeing your pure behavior in fear. Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For this is how in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands. So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror. You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
  • Esther 1:20 When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”
  • Ephesians 5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
  • Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
  • Ephesians 5:28-29 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
  • Colossians 3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
  • Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
  • 1 Kings 1:31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and showed respect to the king, and said, “Let my lord king David live forever!”

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Explain this verse (14 sources)

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 33. Nevertheless, let every one. Having digressed a little…

33. Nevertheless, let every one. Having digressed a little from this subject, though the very digression aided his design, he adopts the method usually followed in short precepts, by giving a brief summary of duties. Husbands are required to love their wives, and wives to fear (φοβὢται) their husbands, understanding by fear that reverence which will lead them to be submissive. Where reverence does not exist, there will be no willing subjection.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The conclusion both of the husband’s duty toward his…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Nevertheless; q.d. Setting aside this mystery; or, to return…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 33. Nevertheless] πλην. Moreover, or therefore, on the…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eph 5:33. Nevertheless — As if he said, But…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Nevertheless - The apostle here resumes the subject which…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Nevertheless--not to pursue further the mystical meaning of marriage.…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 33. Nevertheless—Although the marital is the subordinate mystery.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33. Nevertheless] The word recalls the reader from the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) Nevertheless.—Although, i.e., the primary and perfect application is…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Nevertheless let each of you severally so love his…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 33. Nevertheless. Without regard to the mystery, let every…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 5:33 Paul summarizes his teaching on the relationship between…

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