Efesus 5:25

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

Efesus 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ²  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Efesus 5:32

5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually ³  speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

[5:25]  ¹ tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).

[5:29]  ² tn Grk “flesh.”

[5:32]  ³ tn The term “actually” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to bring out the heightened sense of the statement.