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480 B
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17 lines
480 B
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# General Information:
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Here the words "himself" and "he" refer to Christ. The word "her" refers to the church.
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# love your wives
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Here "love" refers to unselfish serving or giving love to wives.
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# gave himself up
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"allowed people to kill him"
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# for her ... make her holy ... cleansed her
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Paul speaks of the assembly of believers as though it were a woman whom Jesus will marry. AT: "for us ... make us holy ... cleansed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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