Ephesians 5:28
King James Version (KJV)
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
In context
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians 5:28 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- WEB World English Bible
- Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;
- DBY Darby Translation
- So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.