This separation in marriage means that the bride is no longer free to do some of the things she did before. Now she lives for her husband and her husband for her. The husband does not look at other women, because his bride is the one he has separated to himself. But more than that, marriage is also an act of purification for it takes our wives out of the world, out of the past and sets her apart from any other relationships or past indulgences and marriages thus purifies them. Everyday as husbands we are to seek to keep our wives in Holiness, Virtue, Righteousness and Purity.
Love always seeks to purify.
Therefore Husbands, to love your own wives as Christ loves the church is to lift her up, draw her near to God, promote virtue in her life and encourage her to be Christ-like. Love her so she may be pure and undefiled, being the best woman she can be by the Grace of God. Which brings us to the third aspect of the love of Christ for the church. Husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. To nourish and cherish her just as Christ does the Church.