Efésios 5

25 *Eph. 5:28, 33; Col. 3:19; (1 Pet. 3:7)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and *Acts 20:28gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her *John 3:5with the washing of water *(John 15:3; 17:17; Rom. 10:8; Eph. 6:17)by the word, 27 *(2 Cor. 4:14; 11:2); Col. 1:22that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, *Song 4:7not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.