Ephesians 5:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

What husbands and wives owe to Christ. In exhorting the Ephesians to purity and enthusiasm of life, Paul is naturally led to the family institution and the relations to be found there. In the heathen world the relations between men and women were degrading. As Pressense says, in his most suggestive book, 'La Famille Chretienne,' "One found in the pagan family neither purity nor love. At the moment when Jesus Christ came, it had reached the last degree of degradation, and one can apply to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

Ideal marriage. "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the Head of the Church: and he is the Savior of the body. Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that he might present... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

Husbands and wives. I. CHRISTIANITY CONSECRATES AND ELEVATES THE UNION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE . 1. Christianity sanctions marriage . St. Paul, though an unmarried man, casts no slight on marriage. It is true that he discourages it under temporary trying circumstances ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ), but it is also true that he plainly teaches, not only the lawfulness, but especially the dignity of Christian marriage in itself. The ascetic view of celibacy as a more holy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:25-27

Christ's treatment of his Church. St. Paul describes Christ's treatment of his Church as an illustration of the way in which husbands should behave to their wives. But that vision of the spiritual world which is the ideal of earthly marriage is so attractive that it arrests the apostle's attention on its own account. It may well do the same with us. I. WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR THE CHURCH . We are first directed to Christ's work for the Church in the past. He loved it and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:25-32

The union between Christ and the Church. The apostle unites, with an exposition of the duties of conjugal life, a very impressive statement of the nature of the union between Christ and the Church This statement is exceedingly important, quite irrespective of its supplying an illustration of the ground and measure of a husband's affection for his wife. There are three truths here exhibited respecting the union of Christ and his Church. I. CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:25-33

The duties of husbands. As the duties of wives are comprehended in the single duty of subjection, the duties of husbands are comprehended in the single duty of love. The injunction is significantly repeated three times, as if to indicate that it was essentially needed to correct or qualify his sense of sovereignty or superiority over her. Consider three points. I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A HUSBAND 'S LOVE . 1. It is peculiar in its nature , unlike the love of parent or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:27

That he might present to himself the Church glorious. The ultimate end, to which Ephesians 5:26 is introductory. Christ both gives and takes the bride; he presents her to himself—the day of his espousals being in the state of glory ( Revelation 21:2 ), and all the training of this life being designed to fit her for that condition. She becomes glorious at last through assimilation to himself ( 2 Corinthians 3:18 ; John 17:22 ). Not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:27

That he may present it to himself - In the last day, when he shall receive the church as his spouse to heaven; Revelation 21:9. Perhaps the word “prepare” would better express the sense here than “present” - that he may prepare it for himself as a holy church. Tyndale renders it, “to make it unto himself.”A glorious church - A church full of honor, splendor, beauty. The idea of “shining,” or of being “bright,” would convey the sense here. Probably there is still here an allusion to a bride... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:26-27

Ephesians 5:26-27. That he might sanctify and cleanse it Might remove the guilt, power, and pollution of sin; with the washing of water In baptism, as the sign of regeneration by the Holy Spirit, which can only renew, sanctify, and cleanse the soul. See 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:2; Titus 3:5. By the word The ordinary channel by which justifying, regenerating, and sanctifying grace is communicated; (John 15:3; James 1:18; 1 Peter 1:23; John 17:17;) and by which we are made perfect,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:21-33

Christian relationships (5:21-6:9)People can have good relations with one another only as they consider one another. When they insist on their rights without considering others, they only destroy harmony and fellowship (21).In the next section Paul illustrates this principle in certain family and social relationships. In 5:22-33 he considers the the case of husbands and wives, in 6:1-4 the case of parents and children, and in 6:5-9 the case of masters and servants. In union with Christ, people... read more

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