Ephesians 5:25-28

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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4 songs meet this passage

  • “Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts”

    All of Me · John Legend

    resonates with Ephesians 5:25-28

    The vulnerability and mutual self-giving described here reflects the self-sacrificial love Scripture calls spouses toward, even without naming God as its source.

  • “I don't deserve this”

    Perfect · Ed Sheeran

    resonates with Ephesians 5:25

    The humility and wonder at being loved reflects the posture of grateful love within marriage, choosing to cherish the other.

  • “He ain't gonna treat you right”

    Blue Ain't Your Color · Keith Urban

    strains against Ephesians 5:25

    Names mistreatment but the solution offered is another man's attention rather than the kind of sacrificial love Scripture holds up as the standard.

  • “I laid hands on her, I'll never stoop so low again”

    Love the Way You Lie, Pt. II (feat. Eminem) · Rihanna

    strains against Ephesians 5:28-29

    Real love nourishes and cherishes rather than wounds; the narrator's violence followed by hollow vows stands against this picture of love.

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