‘Even so ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.'

This confirms that the proper love of a husband can be compared with the love of Christ for His church. Just as Christ loves His church which has been made one with Him in His body, so a husband should love his wife as his own body, with which she is made one in marital union. ‘He who loves his wife loves himself.' This is because they have been made one flesh (Ephesians 5:31). So he cares for her as for himself, just as Christ cares for His church.

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