On the matter of loving one’s wife, God’s Word counsels: “Husbands ought to be loving their wives as their own bodies.... For no man ever hated his own flesh; but he feeds and cherishes it, as the Christ also does the congregation... Let each one of you individually so love his wife as he does himself. ”
Jumala Sõna annab abielumehele oma naise armastamise kohta sellist nõu: „Sel viisil peaksid mehedki armastama oma naisi nagu omaenda keha.... sest keegi pole ju kunagi vihanud oma liha; ta hoopis toidab seda ja peab seda kalliks, nagu ka Kristus kogudust,... igaüks teist armastagu oma naist nagu iseennast ”.