Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water.

Husbands are told to love their wives as Christ loved the church: with humility and sacrifice, as if caring for their own bodies.

Ephesians 5:25-33 NIV ... Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing ...

Verse 25. - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for her. The husband's duty to the wife is enforced by another ...

25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her. Ephesians 5:25 — The New King James Version (NKJV).

Ephesians 5:25-27 NIV ... Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing ...

25 Husbands, love your wives. Love them just as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her.

1So be imitators of God, as beloved children,. 2and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for ...