Ephesians 5:25

5:25 Husbands, love your ¹  wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

Ephesians 5:28-29

5:28 In the same way ²  husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ³  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

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¹ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

² tn Grk “So also.”

³ tn Grk “flesh.”