Cross references
Ephesians 5:28
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Ephesians 5:28 has 5 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 19:5 (34 votes) and Ephesians 5:25 (34 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Ephesians 5:28 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 19:534 votes
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- Ephesians 5:2534 votes
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Genesis 2:21–2432 votes
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. …
- Ephesians 5:338 votes
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Ephesians 5:315 votes
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Which verses point to Ephesians 5:28?
The 10 strongest of 23.