Chapter 5
Ephesians 5:28
Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾷν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα, ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ·
RBT Translation:
ὀφείλουσιν - owing, indebted, obliged to pay
In this way the Males are indebted to agape-love the Women of their own selves, just as the Bodies of their own selves; the one who agape-loves the Woman of his own self, his own self he is agape-loving.Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself.
So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself.
LITV Translation:
So, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies, (he loving his wife loves himself),
So, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies, (he loving his wife loves himself),