24. Therefore, as the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} is subject unto the Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25. Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} and gave himself for her,
26. that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word,
27. that he might present her glorious for himself, a congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28. So ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.
29. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it even as the Lord with his congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}:
30. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
32. This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}.