Desiring God
Look at the Book
Look at the Book is John Piper's ongoing series of 8-12 minute videos to help you learn to read the Bible for yourself.
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Jul 11, 2026
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Episodes
Should Wives Fear Their Husbands? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 3 Video 17.03.2022
What does it mean when Paul writes, “Let the wife see that she fears her husband”?
How Great Is the Mystery of Marriage? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 2 Video 15.03.2022
In a culture that downplays and undermines marriage, we need to know why marriage is worth protecting and cultivating.
What Does It Mean to Become One Flesh? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 1 Video 12.03.2022
What does it mean that a husband and wife are “one flesh”? Is it only a reference to sexual intimacy?
What Does a Husband’s Headship Mean? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 8 Video 10.03.2022
What does it mean for a husband to be a “head” of a household? At least eight things.
Is Christ Selfish to Die for His Own Joy? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 7 Video 08.03.2022
Does it undermine love to have self-interest as a main motivation in caring for others?
First the Church, Then Marriage Follows: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 6 Video 05.03.2022
The model for the first marriage was modeled after Jesus and his bride; not vice versa. This is the meaning of marriage.
The Purpose of Election Is a Church Beautified: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 5 Video 03.03.2022
What did it mean for Christ to wash the church in water with the word?
How Paul Motivates Impossible Love in Marriage: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 4 Video 01.03.2022
The best way for a man to pursue more joy for himself in his marriage is to make it his business to give her all he can of Christ.
What Is Peculiar About Married Love? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 3 Video 26.02.2022
What makes marriage unique among all human relationships? God has made a husband and wife one flesh.
How Did the Divine Husband Love His Wife? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 2 Video 24.02.2022
How did Jesus, the divine Husband, love his wife? He gave himself for her.
Christ Loved Himself in Loving the Church: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 1 Video 22.02.2022
Husbands, don’t settle for imitating the best human husband you can find. Love your wife as the Lord Jesus loved his bride, the church.
Finite, Sinful Headship in Marriage: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 7 Video 19.02.2022
Jesus is the perfect leader, the perfect supplier, the perfect protector. How could an imperfect husband possibly imitate him?
How Is Christ Head of the Church? Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 6 Video 17.02.2022
Why is the husband called the “head” of the wife? What does the word mean biblically?
Why Aren’t Pre-Fall Adam and Eve the Model for Marriage? Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 5 Video 15.02.2022
If Adam and Eve were married and without sin before the fall, why are they not our primary model for Christian marriage today?
Submissively Not Following a Husband: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 4 Video 12.02.2022
What does it mean that the wife is called to submit to her husband “in everything”?
Wives, Submit ‘As to the Lord’: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 3 Video 10.02.2022
What does it mean for a Christian wife to submit to her husband “as to the Lord”?
Factors Feeding a Wife’s Submission: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 2 Video 08.02.2022
Wives take their cues from the church as she submits to the Lord. Husbands take their cues from Christ as he loves the church.
The Most Glorious Relationship Among Humans: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 1 Video 05.02.2022
What makes marriage the most glorious relationship on earth? Because it is uniquely modeled on the relationship between Christ and his church.
The Sweet Experience of Fearing Christ: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 9 Video 03.02.2022
Our fear of Christ is not only a fear. We do fear him, but we also trust him and love him and delight in him.
Submit to One Another, Full of the Spirit: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 8 Video 01.02.2022
How do we count others better than ourselves, even when we might be more gifted than they are?
Give Thanks for Everything — Really? Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 7 Video 29.01.2022
God does not command us to give thanks for some things, or even most things, but for all things. How could we do that?
How to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 6 Video 27.01.2022
How do we obey the passive command to be filled with the Holy Spirit?
Sing! Sing! Sing! — To Each Other and the Lord: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 5 Video 25.01.2022
When we gather together, we not only sing to God. We sing to one another in order to build one another up.
The Root Problem with Drunkenness: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 4 Video 22.01.2022
Drunkenness is anti-living. It wastes time. It wastes wisdom. It wastes our ability to honor the Lord.
Don’t Let Evil Days Make You Stupid: Ephesians 5:15–21, Part 3 Video 20.01.2022
We live in evil days. Therefore, walk wisely, purchase time, and seek to understand the will of God.
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