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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

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that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

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that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

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So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

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For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

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For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

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For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

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This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.