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Ephesians 5:28
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Ephesians 5:28
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.
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Ephesians 5:28
Should or is bound to; expresses duty, fitness, or necessity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Physical bodies, corpses, or organized wholes composed of members, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Open the full verse study5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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Open the full verse study21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Open the full verse study33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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Open the full verse study31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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