23 For ^athe husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the ^bhead of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

26 that he might ^esanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 ^fso that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be ^gholy and without blemish.¹