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NASB | Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:32 This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church. |
Subject: Marriage as a Covenant Relationship? |
Bible Note: john 15:17 Jesus commands all disciples to love one another. In the Ephesians passage Paul tells husbands to love thier wives the way Christ loved the church. He did not instruct wives to love in the same manner. when we learn to embrace our differences then we may experience true love.No I am not a male chauvanist, however if we study Genesis chapter 3, we see God gave male and female two distictly different roles in this play called life, in which he is the choreographer. |