 And yet then you come right behind it with this command to the men. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it. You talk about a high calling. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That he might present it to himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.