25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
26 in order that after cleansing her in the bath of baptism, he might sanctify her by his word,
27 so as to present her to himself, the church glorified, without spot or wrinkle or any such blemish; but on the contrary holy and faultless.
28 That is how husbands ought to love their wives, as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;
30 for we are members of his body.