Eph 5:25-33 | ESV | STEP | Husbands , love your wives , as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ,

Ephesians 5:25-33

25 ^aHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^bgave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^cthe washing of water ^dwith the word, 27 so ^ethat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^fwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless} 28 In the same way ^hhusbands 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, 30 because ⁱwe are members of his body. 31 ^j“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^kthe two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, ^llet each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^mrespects her husband.