Ephesians 5:22-33 English Standard Version

Wives and Husbands

²²^(A)Wives, ^(B)submit to your own husbands, ^(C)as to the Lord. ²³For ^(D)the husband is the head of the wife even as ^(E)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is ^(F)himself its Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ^(G)in everything to their husbands.

²⁵^(H)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^(I)gave himself up for her, ²⁶that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^(J)the washing of water ^(K)with the word, ²⁷so ^(L)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^(M)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^[a] ²⁸In the same way ^(N)husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰because ^(O)we are members of his body. ³¹^(P)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^(Q)the two shall become one flesh.” ³²This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. ³³However, ^(R)let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(S)respects her husband.