^21 [a](A)and subject yourselves to one another in the ^[b](B)fear of Christ.

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;

³ Do nothing ^[a]from ^[b](A)selfishness or ^(B)empty conceit, but with humility ^(C)consider one another as more important than yourselves; ^4 (D)do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. ^5 (E)Have this attitude ^[c]in yourselves which was also in ^(F)Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, as He already ^(G)existed in the ^(H)form of God, ^(I)did not consider equality with God something to be ^[d]grasped, ⁷ but ^[e](J)emptied Himself by taking the form of a ^(K)bond-servant and ^[f](L)being born in the likeness of men. ⁸ And being found in appearance as a man, ^(M)He humbled Himself by becoming ^(N)obedient to the point of death: ^(O)death ^[g]on a cross.