Ephesians 5:23

5:23 because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body.

Ephesians 5:27

5:27 so that he ¹  may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. ² 

Ephesians 5:29

5:29 For no one has ever hated his own body ³  but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

[5:27]  ¹ tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.

[5:27]  ² tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”

[5:29]  ¹ tn Grk “flesh.”