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NASB | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:25 ¶ Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
Bible Question:
How about practical stuff. How can men treat their wives as queen of the home? It's fine if we can prove our point about keeping the 10 commandments or being redeemed from them. But either way, if your marriage sucks you still loose. |
Bible Answer: Andes, We are to love our wives as Christ loves His church. This entails unconditional love and acceptance. When we think about it, God treats us from complete grace. We never get what we deserve - death. That's mercy. Instead, we get what we don't deserve - life and life abundant. That's grace. The question is, can we do it? In ourselves, nope. Every commandment that is given in the Bible is IMPOSSIBLE for man, apart from God to fulfill. Even those who attempt to put the Christian under the Mosaic Covenant cannot keep it. God gives us these commands that we can't keep so that we will see His righteous standard and turn to Him for salvation. Once He comes to indwell us, because Christ has ALREADY fulfilled the requirements of the Law, He lives in us keeping the law of Christ. As we abide in Him and trust Him to live His life in us, He (in us) will treat our wives as He treats His church. We are in active participation with Him but it is God who is at work in us to do His good pleasure and perform His will. Hope this helps. McGracer |