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Ephesians

Ephesians 5 💬 📚 📜 📕 ↷

23 because the man is the head of the woman: as Christ is the head of the CHURCH. Himself, the Saviour of his body.

24 But as the CHURCH is subject to Christ, so also the women to their husbands in all things.

25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the CHURCH, and delivered himself for it:

26 that he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word,

27 that he might present to himself a glorious CHURCH, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and unspotted.

28 So also men ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

29 For no man ever hated his own flesh: but he nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ the CHURCH:

30 because we be the members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

32 This is a great Sacrament. But I speak in Christ & in the CHURCH.