John Gill's Exposition on Ephesians 5:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies, &c.] It is a common saying with the Jews, that a man's wife is wpwgk, “as his own body” f65; and it is one of the precepts of their wise men, that a man should honour his wife more than his body, wpwgk hbhaw, and “love her as his body” f66; for as they also say, they are but one body f67; the apostle seems to speak in the language of his countrymen; however, his doctrine and theirs agree in this point: wherefore he that loveth his wife loveth himself; because she is one body and flesh with him.

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