What the Bible Says about
Marriage—Christ and the Church
The Bible and Marriage,
Christ and the Church
Marriage—Christ and the Church
Ephesians 5:22-33
22 "Wives,
submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23
For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church;
and He is the Savior of the body. 24 Therefore,
just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your
wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the
washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present
her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such
thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who
loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord
does the church. 30 For we are members of His body,
of His flesh and of His bones. 31 “For
this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This
is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33
Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as
himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
