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A Revolutionary Standard of Love
Commentators note that this command was revolutionary. In the surrounding Greco-Roman culture, marital obligations were often seen as one-sided, flowing from the wife to the husband. Paul establishes a reciprocal duty, calling husbands to a specific, divine-level love ('agape') that mirrors Christ's, thereby elevating the wife's position and grounding marriage in mutual care.
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Ephesians
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Albert Barnes
On Ephesians 5:25
18th Century
Theologian
Husbands, love your wives. The duty of the wife is to obey; the right of the husband is to command. But the apostle would guard against th…
AT Robertson
On Ephesians 5:25
Even as Christ also loved the church (καθως κα ο Χριστος ηγαπησεν την εκκλησιαν). This is the wonderful new point not in Col 3:19 …
Charles Ellicott
On Ephesians 5:25
19th Century
Bishop
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church.—The love of Christ for His Church is such that He counts Himself incomple…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Ephesians 5:22–30
19th Century
Preacher
What a wonderful expression! To think that we, poor creatures that we are, should be in this way joined to Christ by a marriage union, even by a vi…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Ephesians 5:25
Paul turns to the reciprocal duties of the husband. Greco-Roman society held that wives had obligations to their husbands, but not vice versa. Chri…
John Calvin
On Ephesians 5:25
16th Century
Theologian
Husbands, love your wives. From husbands, on the other hand, the apostle requires that they cherish no ordinary love toward their wives; f…
John Gill
On Ephesians 5:25
17th Century
Pastor
Husbands, love your wives
Which consists in a strong and cordial affection for them; in a real delight and pleasure …
Matthew Henry
On Ephesians 5:22–33
17th Century
Minister
The duty of wives is submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The dut…