Love And Respect

Let all kinds of submission to one another become obedience to Christ.  So wives to their husbands:  as to the Lord.

The husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head of the Church, his body, of whom he is also the Savior.  And as the Church submits to Christ, so let a wife submit in everything to her husband.

As for you, husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her.  He washed her and made her holy by baptism in the Word.  As he wanted a radiant Church without stain or wrinkle or any blemish, but holy and blameless, he himself had to prepare and present her to himself.

In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they love their own bodies.  He who loves his wife loves himself.  And no one has ever hated his body, he feeds and takes care of it.  That is just what Christ does for the Church, because we are members of his body.

Scripture says:  Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother to be united with his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.  This is a very great mystery, and I refer to Christ and the Church.  As for you, let each one love his wife as himself, and let the wife respect her husband.

Ephesians 5:21-33

"Lord Jesus, grant me the maturity to understand the needs of my spouse and to respond according to Your Word.  Amen."

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