What Does Ephesians 5:25 Mean?

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Husbands”

a man (properly as an individual male)

“love”

to love (in a social or moral sense)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“wives”

a woman; specially, a wife

“himself”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“even as”

just (or inasmuch) as, that

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“Christ”

anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus

“love”

to love (in a social or moral sense)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the church”

a calling out, i.e., (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (jewish synagogue, or christian community of members on earth

“also”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“himself”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc

“gave”

to surrender, i.e yield up, entrust, transmit

“for”

"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super

“it”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons