⁹ And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Imitating Christ’s humility

2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, ² then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her