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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] |
Subject: Either / or? |
Bible Note: Dear Sebkin, I knew that was a crude represntation of what I meant when I wrote it. Please forgive me for not being more clear. I only meant that one little aspect of the sacrifice Jesus made (which husbands in general may do well to identify with) was giving up natural self preservation and self interest in the *human* or *temporal* or *natural* sense. Certainly Jesus laying aside or sacrificing these things was a small thing reative to the benefit of the outcome of such investment or faithfulness. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. On the contrary, isn't it also a small thing for a husband to lay aside his *human* or *temporal* or *natural* interests reative to the benefit of the outcome of such investment or faithfulness, both for himself and his wife? Isn't the husband/wife relationship that deeply analogous to the Christ/church relationship? Do you see what I mean? |