l2Cor 11:2
(NIV) I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy.
I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
lEphesians
5:23-25 (NIV) For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body,
of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the
church submits to Christ, so also wives
should submit to their husbands in everything. 25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved
the church and gave himself up for herÉ
lRevelation
19:7-8 (NIV) Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. 8 Fine linen,
bright and clean, was given her to
wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous
acts of the saints.)