WIVES AND HUSBANDS

Ephesians 5:22-33

Key Verse: 5:33

“However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”

1. What is wives’ duty towards her husbands? (22) Why should wives submit to her husbands? (23,24) What does “the husband is the head of the wife” mean?

2. What is husbands’ duty towards his wife? (25) How much should husbands love their wives? (25) How did Christ demonstrate his love for his church? (25b) Why? (26,27)

3. Why should husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies? (28-30) Why does Paul admonish husbands to love their wives strongly?

4. What is the mystery of marriage? (31) What is the profound mystery between Christ and the church? (32)

5. Why is it essential that a woman respect her husband? (33) How can she do so when she sees all his faults and weaknesses so clearly?