²³ For ^(A)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the ^(B)head of the church, He Himself ^(C)being the Savior of the body. ²⁴ But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

^25 (D)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^(E)gave Himself up for her, ^26 (F)so that He might sanctify her, having ^(G)cleansed her by the ^(H)washing of water with ^(I)the word, ²⁷ that He might ^(J)present to Himself the church ^[a]in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be ^(K)holy and blameless. ²⁸ So husbands also ought to ^(L)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; ²⁹ for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, ³⁰ because we are ^(M)parts of His ^(N)body. ^31 (O)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. ³² This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

The New Heaven and Earth

21 Then I saw ^(A)a new heaven and a new earth; for ^(B)the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. ² And I saw ^(C)the holy city, ^(D)new Jerusalem, ^(E)coming down out of heaven from God, ^(F)prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

^9 (A)Then one of the seven angels who had the ^(B)seven bowls, ^[a]full of the ^(C)seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “^(D)Come here, I will show you the ^(E)bride, the wife of the Lamb.”