²⁶ to make her holy,^(A) cleansing^[a] her by the washing^(B) with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself^(C) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^{(D) 28} In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(E) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.