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Struggling in marriage
Wives, be subject to your own
husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife,
as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the
Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also
the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave
Himself up for her; that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her
by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to
Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or
any such thing; but that she should be holy and blameless. So
husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He
who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own
flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the
church, because we are members of His body. FOR THIS CAUSE A MAN
SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, AND SHALL CLEAVE TO HIS WIFE; AND
THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. This mystery is great; but I am
speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Nevertheless
let each individual among you also love his own wife even as
himself; and let the wife see to it that she respect her husband.
(Ephesians 5:22-33 NASB) |