Cross references

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:25 BSB

Ephesians 5:25 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Peter 3:7 (66 votes) and Colossians 3:19 (63 votes). 54 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Ephesians 5:25 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Peter 3:766 votes

    Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

  2. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  3. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

  4. Genesis 2:2447 votes

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

  5. Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  6. and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  7. who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

  8. And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

  9. I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

  10. May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

  11. just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

  12. Acts 20:282 votes

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

  13. John 6:511 vote

    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

Which verses point to Ephesians 5:25?

The 10 strongest of 54.