As
for you, husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church and
gave himself up for her. He washed her and made her holy by baptism
in the Word. As he wanted a radiant Church without stain or wrinkle
or any blemish, but holy and blameless, he himself had to prepare and
present her to himself. In the same way, husbands should love their
wives as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves
himself. And no one has ever hated his body; he feeds and takes care
of it. That is just what Christ does for the Church, because we are a
part of his body. Scripture says: Because of this a man shall leave
his father and mother to be united with his wife, and the two shall
become one flesh. This is a very great mystery, and I refer to Christ
and the Church. As for you, let each one love his wife as himself,
and let the wife respect her husband.
Ephesians 5: 25-33
