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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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A Final, Personal Command
Commentators observe that after discussing the profound mystery of Christ and the Church, Paul brings the teaching to a practical and personal conclusion. He addresses each husband individually ('each one of you') to love his wife as himself, and the wife to reverence her husband. This makes the high theology of the previous verses a clear, actionable command for every married couple.
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Ephesians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Nevertheless. The apostle here resumes the subject he had been discussing in Ephesians 5:21-29, and says that it was the duty of every man…
Nevertheless (πλην). "Howbeit," not to dwell unduly (Abbott) on the matter of Christ and the church.
Do ye also sev…
19th Century
Anglican
Nevertheless.—Although, i.e., the primary and perfect application is to Christ alone, let the teaching also be applied to…
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Baptist
Thus the Spirit of God follows us to our homes, and teaches us how to live to the glory of God. May he help us to do so, for Christ's sake! Amen.
The final word in this section is a practical one. Whether or not Paul’s readers have fully understood his allusions to the “profound mystery” (v.3…
16th Century
Protestant
Nevertheless, let every one. Having digressed a little from this subject, though the very digression aided his design, he adopts the metho…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Nevertheless, let everyone of you in particular The apostle returns to his former subject, and recapitulates the mut…
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…
