^{28 Ref} Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

^{29 Ref} For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

^{30 Ref} Because we are parts of his body.

^{28 Ref} so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

^{29 Ref} for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,

^{30 Ref} because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

^{28 Ref} Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

^{29 Ref} for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

^{30 Ref} because we are members of his body.