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25 You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:
26 to sanctify and purify her by the ablution of his word,
27 that he himself might make her appear illustrious to his own eye, a church without spot, or any thing like a defect; so as to be holy and irreprehensible.
28 in like manner ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: "he that loves his wife, loveth himself."
29 no man was ever yet averse to his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as the Lord doth the church:
30 of which we are the several parts constituting his body.
31 the scripture says, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and they two shall be as one."
32 these words contain a very mystical sense, I mean in reference to Christ and the church.
33 wherefore let every one of you without exception, love his wife even as himself; and let the wife respect her husband.