Ephesians 5:28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.Ephesians 5:28 in the real world
In what words
- ὀφείλωopheílōto owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally,
- ἀγαπάωagapáōto love (in a social or moral sense)
- σῶμαsōmathe body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
- ἀνήρanḗra man (properly as an individual male)
- γυνήgynḗa woman; specially, a wife
- οὕτωhoútōin this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
- ἑαυτοῦheautoûhim- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other person
- ὡςhōswhich how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.