Saturday, April 10 Husbands, continue loving your wives, just as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it.​—Eph. 5:25.

[Áine]

Saturday, April 10

Husbands, continue loving your wives, just as the Christ also loved the congregation and gave himself up for it.—Eph. 5:25.

 

 

In the family, a husband is to love his wife “as the Christ does the congregation.” (Eph. 5:28, 29) A husband must imitate the self-sacrificing love of Christ by putting his wife’s needs and interests ahead of his own. Some men may find it difficult to show such love, perhaps because they were not raised in an environment where treating others fairly and lovingly was valued. It may be difficult for them to unlearn bad habits, but they must make these changes in order to obey the law of the Christ. A husband who shows self-sacrificing love gains his wife’s respect. A father who truly loves his children would never abuse them by what he says or does. (Eph. 4:31) Instead, he expresses his love and approval in ways that make his children feel safe and secure. Such a father gains the love and trust of his children. w19.05 6 ¶21

[Alexa]

Married men needs to show love in his wife by putting her ahead of his own. Fathers are expected not to abuse their children. Instead, he wants to his children to feel safe and secure by his expression of love and approval towards them.

[Vinnie]

The opposite of self sacrificing is selfishness. Husbands need to work at breaking this bad habit if they are to gain their wife's respect or else they will lose it. Husbands must keep looking for ways to imitate Christ and not give up.