26. to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word,
27. that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
28. So [also] husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29. For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church,
30. because we are members of his body.
31. “For this reason a man shall leave [his] father and [his] motherand be joined to his wife,and the two shall become one flesh.”
32. This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.
33. In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself, and the wife should respect her husband.