25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it,

26 so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,

27 and might present the church to himself in all its glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and without fault.

28 In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as Christ does the church.