“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her — the command reverses authority with sacrificial love: hoi andres, agapaō ('husbands, love') tas gynaikes ('your wives'), kathos Christos agapaō ('as Christ loved') tēn ekklēsiān ('the church') kai paradidōmi ('and gave himself up') hyper autēs ('for her'), Christ's self-sacrifice is the measure.
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Carlos RiveraNote2mo agoLove That Sacrifices Everything for Flourishing
I'm a marriage counselor, and I've noticed that marriages thrive when both people are oriented toward the other's flourishing, not their own comfort. Paul's image of Christ's love for the church as so...
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Aisha MbekiNote1mo agoLove Like Christ Loved the Church
I'm on my third marriage. First two ended in disaster partly because I had this view that I was supposed to be the leader, make the decisions, be strong. My wife was supposed to support that. It made ...
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