Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her, cleansing her by the bath of water with the word, that he might present to himself the church in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish” (Eph. 5,25-33).
“E voi, mariti, amate le vostre mogli, come anche Cristo ha amato la Chiesa e ha dato se stesso per lei, per renderla santa, purificandola con il lavacro dell’acqua mediante la parola, e per presentare a se stesso la Chiesa tutta gloriosa, senza macchia né ruga o alcunché di simile, ma santa e immacolata” (Ef 5,25-33).