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Eph_5:25. If the duty of the wives was ὑποτάσσεσθαι τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ , that of the husband is: ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας , καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κ . τ . λ ., a love, therefore, which is ready to undergo even death out of affection for the wife. “Si omnia rhetorum argumenta in unum conjicias, non tam persuaseris conjugibus dilectionem mutuam, quam hic Paulus,” Bugenhagen.
καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδ . κ . τ . λ .] A practical proof of the ἠγάπησε . Comp. Eph_5:2. What giving up is meant (namely, that unto death) is obvious of itself here, where no definition is added to παρέδ .; Gal_2:20; Rom_4:25.