"Oh… marriage…" (part 2)

Описание: Ephesians 5:22-33 says: "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. 'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

People should not falter or fail in their practice; instead, they should earnestly keep their minds and hearts aligned and rely on the radiant light of the gospel to illuminate the path of marriage. Such a holy perspective on marriage should become the understanding and aspiration of every married couple, every couple navigating difficulties, and every man and woman contemplating marriage. It's also a reality that, regardless of who you are, everyone will ultimately have to answer at the judgment seat regarding their relationship with Jesus Christ and whether they have become one with Him (cf. Galatians 3).