Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;… A gentleman informing Rowland Hill of the sudden death of a minister's wife happened to say, "I am afraid our dear minister loved his wife too well; and the Lord in wisdom has removed her." "What, sir!" replied Mr. Hill, with the deepest feeling, "can a man love a good wife too much? Impossible, sir! unless he can love her better than Christ loves the Church." Parallel Verses KJV: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;WEB: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; |
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