So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.
All Commentaries on Ephesians 5:28 Go To Ephesians 5
John Chrysostom
AD 407
Has he moved on to a greater image and a more vivid illustration? No, but to something more homely and plainer, with a different justification. Now he takes up the argument from a moral point of view, saying “so ought husbands love their wives.” .
