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Husbands, love your wives, and don`t be bitter against them.
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Love is a Continuous Action
Commentators explain that the command to 'love' is not about fleeting romance but a continuous, deliberate action. The Greek tense implies 'keep on loving.' This is a caring, self-devoted love that actively seeks the wife's well-being, a concept that was revolutionary in the ancient world.
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Colossians
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Love your wives (αγαπατε τας γυναικας). Present active imperative, "keep on loving." That is precisely the point.
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19th Century
Anglican
Do not be bitter.—Properly, do not grow bitter, do not allow yourselves to be exasperated. The word is used metaphorical…
Baptist
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Never say a bitter word against them; and, especially, never dishonour th…
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The ancient world was a man’s world, and even among the Jews the wife was often little more than chattel. Paul’s counsel in the present passage is …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Husbands, love your wives (See Gill on Ephesians 5:25).
and be not bitter against them ; turning lov…
Presbyterian
The epistles most concerned with displaying the glory of Divine grace and magnifying the Lord Jesus are also the most particular in emphasizing the…
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13th Century
Catholic
Having given a general direction to all, Paul now begins to give particular directions. First, he gives special directions that relate to the vario…
