Eph 5:25, 28-29 | ESV | STEP | Husbands , love your wives , as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ,

Ephesians 5:25

25 ^aHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^bgave himself up for her,

Ephesians 5:28-29

28 In the same way ^chusbands should love their 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 Christ does the church,