King James Version

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “of your own” (ἑαυτῶν) before even as here.

Οἱhoitheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἄνδρεςandresHusbandsἀνήρ (anēr)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “Husbands”, the subject formG435a male human being; a man, husband.Husbandsἀγαπᾶτεagapateloveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.loveτὰςtastheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.γυναῖκαςgunaikaswivesγυνή (gunē)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “wives”, the object formG1135a woman, wife, my lady.wivesκαθὼςkathōseven asκαθώςconjunction — “even as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.even asκαὶkaialsoκαίadverb — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.alsoὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ΧριστὸςchristosChristΧριστόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the subject formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ἠγάπησενēgapēsenlovedἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “loved”, a single actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.lovedτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίανekklēsianchurchἐκκλησία (ekklēsia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “church”, the object formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἑαυτὸνheautonhimselfἑαυτοῦ (heautou)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “himself”, the object formG1438himself, herself, itself.This verse uses “himself”.himselfπαρέδωκενparedōkento deliverπαραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to deliver”, a single actionG3860I hand over, pledge, hand down, deliver, commit, commend, betray, abandon.This verse uses “deliver”.ὑπὲρhuperforὑπέρpreposition — “for”G5228gen: in behalf of; acc: above.forαὐτῆςautēsitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, feminine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.it

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἑαυτῶνheautōnyourἑαυτοῦ (heautou)reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, genitive, plural, masculine — “your”, the of-formG1438himself, herself, itself.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

Young’s Literal Translation

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

World English Bible

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,

Darby Translation

Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

Douay-Rheims

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:

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