Ephesians 5:33 NIV

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 5:25-33

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 5:33

Nevertheless let each of you severally so love his own wife even as himself. The "nevertheless" refers to the unsolved part of the mystery: whatever may be mysterious, there is no mystery as to this, as to the duty of each husband to love his wife even as himself: that, as already shown, is clear from many considerations. And let the wife see that she fear her husband. Not, of course, with the slavish fear of one terrified and trembling because of a stronger being, but with the holy... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless - The apostle here resumes the subject which he had been discussing in Ephesians 5:21-29, and says that it was the duty of every man to love his wife as he did himself. This was the main topic, from which he had been diverted by the discussion respecting the love which the Redeemer had shown for his church.And the wife see that she reverence her husband - The word “see” is supplied by our translators. The meaning is, that it was the special duty of the wife to show respect for her... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:33

Ephesians 5:33. Nevertheless As if he said, But though there be such a mystical sense in the marriage of Adam and Eve, or in the union subsisting between a man and his wife; though it be a striking emblem of the union between Christ and his church, yet the plain, literal sense especially now concerns you. Let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself That is, with a sincere, peculiar, cordial, and prevailing affection, like that which he bears to himself: and let ... 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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:33

every one = each. in particular . Greek. kath ( App-104 .) hena. reverence = fear (as her "head"). Greek. phobeo. Occurs ninety-three times; always rendered "fear" or "be afraid", except here. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:33

33. Nevertheless—not to pursue further the mystical meaning of marriage. Translate, as Greek, "Do ye also (as Christ does) severally each one so love," &c. The words, "severally each one," refer to them in their individual capacity, contrasted with the previous collective view of the members of the Church as the bride of Christ. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:22-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:25-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 5:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 5:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 5:21-33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 5:33

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 5:33

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