1. Love your wife with the kind of unselfish, self-sacrificing love Christ shows us.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her” (Ephesians 5:25; verse 28 shows it has benefits—it pays off like loving yourself!)

2. Seek to understand her and give her honor.

“Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Peter 3:7).

3. Praise her often.

“Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her” (Proverbs 31:28).

For more about being a better husband, see “God’s Instruction Manual for Marriage.”

What biblical tips would you add?

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