a[Phil. 2:3]
bFor ch. 5:22–6:9, see Col. 3:18–4:1
cSee Gen. 3:16
d[ch. 6:5]
e1 Cor. 11:3
fSee ch. 1:22, 23
g[1 Cor. 6:13]
h[Col. 3:20, 22; Titus 2:9]
iver. 28, 33; [1 Pet. 3:7]
jver. 2
kTitus 3:5; [Rev. 7:14]
lch. 6:17; Heb. 6:5; See John 15:3
m2 Cor. 11:2; See ch. 1:4
nSong 4:7
pver. 25, 33

Ephesians 5:21-29

21 asubmitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

22 bWives, csubmit to your own husbands, das to the Lord. 23For ethe husband is the head of the wife even as fChrist is the head of the church, his body, and is ghimself its Savior. 24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit hin everything to their husbands.

25 iHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and jgave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by kthe washing of water lwith the word, 27so mthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, nwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ▼
▼Or holy and blameless
 28In the same way phusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
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