²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(A) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^(B)

²⁶ to make her holy,^(A) cleansing^[a] her by the washing^(B) with water through the word,

¹⁸ For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed^(A) from the empty way of life^(B) handed down to you from your ancestors,

⁹ But you are a chosen people,^(A) a royal priesthood,^(B) a holy nation,^(C) God’s special possession,^(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.^(E)