30 Types of Love in Ephesians 5
30 Types of Love in Ephesians 5...
[Ephesians 5:2] And walk in love...
[Ephesians 5:20] Giving thanks always (A grateful love) for all things (A inclusive love) unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
[Ephesians 5:21] Submitting yourselves (A surrendering love) one to another (A mutual love) in the fear of God.
[Ephesians 5:22] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord (A Godly love).
[Ephesians 5:23] For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour (A “risk-all” love) of the body.
[Ephesians 5:24] Therefore as the church is subject (First Corinthians 7:3, 4 calls this a benevolent love) unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing (More inclusive love).
[Ephesians 5:25] Husbands, love (A command!) your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave (A sacrificial love) himself for it;
[Ephesians 5:26] That he might sanctify (A purifying love) and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word (Love based on biblical precepts),
[Ephesians 5:27] That he might present (A giving love) it to himself a glorious (A glorious love) church, not having spot, or wrinkle (A pure love), or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (A love with no strings attached).
[Ephesians 5:28] So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies (A caring love). He that loveth his wife loveth himself (A love which builds self esteem).
[Ephesians 5:29] For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth (A nurturing love) and cherisheth (A precious love - emphasising value and worth) it, even as the Lord the church (A committed love):
[Ephesians 5:30] For we are members (A unifying love) of his body (A complete love), of his flesh (A growing love), and of his bones (A strong love).
[Ephesians 5:31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother (A love which considers priorities), and shall be joined (A bonding love) unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh (A physical love).
[Ephesians 5:32] This is a great mystery (a love we can’t explain): but I speak concerning Christ and the church (A spiritual love).
[Ephesians 5:33] Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself (this is in the singular: a faithful love [fidelity]); and the wife see that she reverence (A love of respect) her husband.”
© 2003 Lionel Hartley
