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12 Bible Verses About a Good Husband, Including Isaac, Elkanah and Hosea

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Summary

  • Ephesians 5:25 asks husbands to love as Christ “gave himself up,” the words Ephesians 5:2 uses of Christ’s love for all believers.
  • The verb behind “harsh” in Colossians 3:19 is pikraino, to make bitter.
  • 1 Peter 3:7 calls a wife a co-heir with her husband, the word Romans 8:17 uses for believers as co-heirs with Christ.
  • Isaac prayed for Rebekah when she was childless, and the Lord answered (Genesis 25:21).
  • Deuteronomy 24:5 freed a newly married man from war and other duty for a year to bring happiness to his wife.

The Bible tells a husband to love his wife, to keep faith with her and to provide for his household. The New Testament letters give the commands (Ephesians 5:25, Colossians 3:19, 1 Peter 3:7), and the Old Testament shows husbands acting on them, as when Isaac prays for Rebekah (Genesis 25:21) and Hosea is sent to love his wife again (Hosea 3:1). Commands to husbands in the letters Ephesians 5:25 “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 4087, πικραίνω (pikraino): to make bitter, to embitter; Thayer’s lexicon lists Colossians 3:19 under the passive sense. biblehub.com/greek/4087

Strong’s Greek 4789, συγκληρονόμος (sugkleronomos): co-heir, joint-heir; used in Romans 8:17, Ephesians 3:6 and 1 Peter 3:7. biblehub.com/greek/4789

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