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NASB | Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 5:33 However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear]. [1 Pet 3:2] |
Bible Question (short): Either / or? |
Question (full): Must it be either/or, selfish or unselfish? What if we, the redeemed, are the "joy set before Him?" Didn't He have such a relentless passion for fellowship with us that He was willing to go through all that, not to gain power or position (which were already His *good point, Robert*), but to gain US? Wasn't He so wild about us that He, from a human perspective, threw away what could have been a long, happy life - submitted to torture and death so He could have US with Him forever in unbroken fellowship? Wasn't He really being absolutely selfish and absolutely self-sacrificing at the same time, for His own pleasure AND our benefit? Isn't this really the model He gives for husbands - total self sacrifice for the sake of the joy (and even pleasure) of exceeding excellence in intimate, lasting relationship? |