In Ephesians 5:28, Paul reinforces the command to love wives, adding the analogy of loving one's own body — a direct expansion.

In Ephesians 5:23, the husband as head mirrors Christ as head of the church, providing the structural basis for the sacrificial love command here.

In Ephesians 5:33, the command to love one's wife as oneself echoes and summarizes the sacrificial love model given here.

Ephesians 3:19 speaks of knowing Christ's love that surpasses knowledge—the very love husbands are called to imitate.

In Galatians 1:4, Christ gave Himself for our sins to rescue us — the same redemptive purpose behind the love husbands are called to imitate.

In Acts 20:28, the church is bought with Christ's own blood — the same precious sacrifice that husbands are to reflect in their love.

In Galatians 2:20, Christ loved me and gave Himself for me — the personal, sacrificial love that is the pattern for husbands.

In John 6:51, Jesus says His flesh is given for the life of the world — the same self-offering that defines Christ's love for the church.

In Luke 22:20, the cup represents Christ's blood poured out for the new covenant — the same sacrificial giving that Ephesians calls husbands to mirror.

In Luke 22:19, Jesus gives His body for His disciples at the Last Supper — the sacrificial gift that defines Christ's love for the church.

In Matthew 20:28, Jesus states He came to give His life as a ransom for many — the same self-giving love husbands are called to emulate.

In Colossians 3:19, Paul gives the same command to love wives, adding a warning against harshness — directly complementary.

In 1 Timothy 2:6, Christ gave Himself as a ransom for all — the universal scope of the same self-giving love husbands are to model.

In 1 Peter 1:18-21, believers are redeemed by Christ's precious blood — the same costly love that husbands are to emulate.

In Revelation 1:5, Jesus loves us and freed us from sins by His blood — the same liberating love that husbands are called to reflect.

In Revelation 5:9, Christ is praised for ransoming people by his blood — the same sacrificial love husbands are called to imitate.

In 1 John 3:16, Christ laying down his life for us is the exact paradigm of sacrificial love that husbands are commanded to emulate.

In Revelation 21:2, the new Jerusalem as a bride prepared for her husband fulfills the church‑bride imagery that Christ's sacrifice secures.

In Ruth 4:10, Boaz redeems Ruth as his bride — a typology of Christ redeeming the church, which husbands reflect.

John 13:1 describes Jesus loving his own to the end—this is the same sacrificial love that Christ showed for the church.

John 3:29 identifies Jesus as the bridegroom who has the bride—this directly parallels Christ's love for the church.

Matthew 1:21 states Jesus's mission to save His people from sins — the very purpose of Christ's self-giving love.

Zechariah 13:1 promises a fountain for cleansing sin — fulfilled when Christ gave Himself for the church to purify her.

Hosea 2:19 describes God's eternal betrothal to Israel in righteousness and love — mirroring Christ's enduring commitment to the church.

Hosea 2:16 shows God as faithful husband to Israel — a covenant relationship that Christ's sacrifice for the church fulfills.

Isaiah 62:4 speaks of God's delight in His people as a husband — prefiguring Christ's sacrificial love for His bride.

Isaiah 54:5 depicts God as husband to Israel — a marriage metaphor foreshadowing Christ's love for the church as His bride.

John 18:8 shows Jesus protecting his disciples by offering himself—a direct example of giving himself up as in Ephesians.

In 1 Peter 3:7, husbands are called to live considerately and honor their wives — a complementary NT instruction.

In Genesis 2:24, the original one-flesh union is established — the foundation for Paul's command to love as Christ loved the church.

In Luke 5:34, Jesus calls himself the bridegroom—this same image frames his relationship with the church.

In Matthew 25:1, Christ is the bridegroom—this same marriage metaphor underscores his union with the church.