27. He did it to bring her to himself as a brightly shining church. He wants a church that has no stain or wrinkle or any other flaw. He wants a church that is holy and without blame.
28. In the same way, husbands should love their wives. They should love them as they love their own bodies. Any man who loves his wife loves himself.
29. After all, people have never hated their own bodies. Instead, they feed and care for their bodies. And that is what Christ does for the church.
30. We are parts of his body.
31. Scripture says, "That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one." (Genesis 2:24)
32. That is a deep mystery. But I'm talking about Christ and the church.