# General Information:

Here the words "himself" and "he" refer to Christ. The word "her" refers to the church.

# love your wives

Here "love" refers to unselfish serving or giving love to wives.

# gave himself up

"allowed people to kill him"

# for her ... make her holy ... cleansed her

Paul speaks of the assembly of believers as though it were a woman whom Jesus will marry. Alternate translation: "for us ... make us holy ... cleansed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])