Ephesians 5:25-33 (Epistle)
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- Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
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- that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
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- that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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- So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
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- For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
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- For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
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- For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
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- This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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- Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.