²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(A) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^(B)

²⁸ In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(A) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—