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Ephesians 5:33

Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless 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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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Nevertheless - The apostle here resumes the subject which he had been discussing in Eph 5:21-29, and says that it was the duty of every man to love his wife as he did himself. This was the main topic,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Nevertheless - Πλην· Moreover, or therefore, on the consideration of God's design in the institution of marriage, let every one of you love his wife as himself, because she is both naturally and by a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ephesians 5:21-33

Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph 5:21. There is a mutual submission that Christians owe…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Nevertheless The word recalls the reader from the Divine but incidental "mystery" of the mystical Union to the holy relationship which is at once a type of it and sanctified and glorified by it.

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