In the same way, husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Husbands, love your wives just as Messiah also loved His community and gave Himself up for her
and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’
In any case, let each of you love his own wife as himself, and let the wife respect her husband.
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it—just as Messiah also does His community,
In the same way, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way. Though they are weaker partners, honor them as equal heirs of the grace of life. In this way, your prayers will not be hindered.