Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her, cr 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, cr 27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect. cr 28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. cr 29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly, cr