Ephesians 5:32 Cross References

Ephesians 5:32

32: This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.

I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself. For I promised you as a pure bride to one husband, Christ.

And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a beautiful bride prepared for her husband.

for your Creator will be your husband. The LORD Almighty is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.

My goal is that they will be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have full confidence because they have complete understanding of God's secret plan, which is Christ himself.

Never again will you be called the Godforsaken City or the Desolate Land. Your new name will be the City of God's Delight and the Bride of God, for the LORD delights in you and will claim you as his own.
Your children will care for you with joy, O Jerusalem, just as a young man cares for his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

Let us be glad and rejoice and honor him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself.
She is permitted to wear the finest white linen." (Fine linen represents the good deeds done by the people of God.)

Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith: Christ appeared in the flesh and was shown to be righteous by the Spirit. He was seen by angels and was announced to the nations. He was believed on in the world and was taken up into heaven.

The bride will go where the bridegroom is. A bridegroom's friend rejoices with him. I am the bridegroom's friend, and I am filled with joy at his success.

This is Solomon's song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
Kiss me again and again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
How fragrant your cologne, and how pleasing your name! No wonder all the young women love you!
Take me with you. Come, lets run! Bring me into your bedroom, O my king. How happy we are for him! We praise his love even more than wine. How right that the young women love you!
"I am dark and beautiful, O women of Jerusalem, tanned as the dark tents of Kedar. Yes, even as the tents of Solomon!

Kings' daughters are among your concubines. At your right side stands the queen, wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir!
Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say. Forget your people and your homeland far away.
For your royal husband delights in your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
The princes of Tyre will shower you with gifts. People of great wealth will entreat your favor.
The bride, a princess, waits within her chamber, dressed in a gown woven with gold.

And pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the right words as I boldly explain God's secret plan that the Good News is for the Gentiles, too.

In the same way, deacons must be people who are respected and have integrity. They must not be heavy drinkers and must not be greedy for money.

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