5:25 Husbands, love your 1 wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her
5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her 2 with the washing of the water by the word,
1 tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
2 tn The direct object “her” is implied, but not found in the Greek text. It has been supplied in the English translation to clarify the sense of the passage.