The biblical ideal for marriage emphasizes the importance of husbands loving their wives sacrificially and unconditionally. According to Ephesians, husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loves the church, giving themselves up for them. In 1 Peter, husbands are instructed to live with their wives in an understanding way, showing honor to them as the weaker vessel. The pattern for this selfless love is rooted in Genesis, where a man leaves his family to cleave to his wife, and is further emphasized in Colossians, where husbands are commanded to love their wives and not be harsh with them.
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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.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church. For we are members of His body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives