Ephesians 5:23

5:23 because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body.

Ephesians 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:27

5:27 so that he ²  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ³ 

Ephesians 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ⁴  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 The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

³ tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

⁴ tn Grk “flesh.”