This union is not only physical, but it is an emotional and spiritual unity. Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, which is His body. Marriage illustrates the relationship between Christ and Christians. It is a holy union, a living symbol, a precious relationship that needs constant, tender, self-sacrificing care.
Marriage is for love and because of love.
Love is the reason, the cause and the foundation of marriage. Jesus Christ is the head of the Christian family, and the head of Christ is God. We should be careful to remember the importance of God s love for both husband and wife, because human love is not the goal of a Christian marriage, rather, the goal is that God, through the Holy Spirit under Jesus Christ will live within this marriage. Through his indwelling, he will bring the ability for this marriage to be based in Godly love. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.