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

³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(A) And his commands are not burdensome,^(B)

³⁷ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^{[a](A) 38} This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^[b](B)