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