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Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

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Ephesians 5:26

so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

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Ephesians 5:27

that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

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Ephesians 5:28

So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

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Ephesians 5:29

for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

Ephesians 5:30

because we are parts of His body.

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Ephesians 5:31

FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

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Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

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