24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Ver. 24. Therefore as the Church ] Denying herself to please Christ, making his will her law. In everything ] In all her husband’s lawful commands and restraints. A wife should have no will of her own, but submit to her husband’s; albeit there are those who merrily say that when man lost freewill, woman took it up. read more
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; Ver. 25. Husbands, love your wives ] He saith not, rule over them (in answer to submit, Eph 5:22 ), for this they can readily do without bidding; but love your wives, and so make their yoke as easy as may be. Columbae trahunt currum Veneris. Doves draw the charriot of Venus. read more
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, Ver. 26. That he might sanctify ] The maids were first purified and perfumed before Ahasuerus chose one. But here it is otherwise. Sanctification is a fruit of justification. The Lord will not have a sluttish Church, and therefore he came not by blood only, but by water also, that clean water of his Spirit, whereby he washeth away the swinish nature of his saints, so that they desire no more to wallow in the mire. read more
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ver. 27. That he might present ] As Isaac did his Rebecca, adorned with his jewels. See Ezekiel 16:14 . Tales nos amat Deus, quales futuri sumus ipsius done, non quales sumus nostro merito, saith an ancient Council. read more
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. Ver. 28. As their own bodies ] No man may hide himself from his own flesh at large, Isaiah 58:7 , that is, from his neighbour of the same stock; much less from a wife, which is such another as himself, Genesis 2:18 , nay, his very self, as here. read more
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: Ver. 29. For no man ever hated ] No man but a monk, who whips himself, or a mad man, Mark 5:5 , who cuts himself. It was the saying of the Emperor Aurelius, a wife is to be often admonished, sometimes reproved, but never beaten. And yet of the Russian women it is reported, that they love that husband best that beats them most, and that they think themselves else not regarded, unless two... read more
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. Ver. 30. Of his flesh, and of his bones ] While he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit, 1 Corinthians 6:17 . This union is neither natural, nor corporal, nor political, nor personal, but mystical and spiritual; and yet it is no less true and real than that of God the Father and God the Son,John 17:21-22; John 17:21-22 . For as the Holy Ghost did unite in the Virgin’s womb the Divine and human natures of Christ, and made... read more
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. Ver. 31. For this cause, &c. ] See Trapp on " Mat 19:5 " See Trapp on " Gen 2:24 " Shall be one flesh ] By virtue of that covenant of God between married couples,Proverbs 2:17; Proverbs 2:17 , for he keepeth the bonds of wedlock. read more
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Ver. 32. This is a great mystery ] To wit, this mystical marriage with Christ. It passeth the capacity of man to understand it in the perfection of it. Preachers can make it known but in part, and hearers can but in part conceive it. Let us therefore wait for perfect understanding of it, till all things be perfected in Christ. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ephesians 5:23
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Ver. 23. For the husband is the head ] And would it not be ill-favoured to see the shoulders above the head? read more