Commands for

HUSBANDS

"The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife." ( 1 Cor. 7:3)

1. LOVE YOUR WIFE AS JESUS LOVES THE CHURCH

Eph. 5:25-27 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."

2. LOVE YOUR WIFE AS YOUR OWN BODY

Eph. 5:28,29, 33 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church - Howewver, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

3. CLEAVE TO YOUR WIFE

Eph. 5:31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Matthew 19:4,5 "Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.'."

4. BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR WIFE

1 Peter 3:7 "Husband, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."

5. DO NOT BE HARSH TO/WITH YOUR WIFE

Col. 3:19, "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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