25. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;
26. in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word;
27. in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she may be holy and blameless.
28. Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.
29. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,