Ephesians 5:25

(5:25) Husbands are commanded to "love your wives". "Love" is agape in the Greek. This is source love that requires no particular response on the part of the one loved. It is a unilateral command and is patterned by the love that the Lord Jesus had for his Church when He "gave Himself up for her". In other words, the husband should demonstrate that he is willing to give up his own life for whatever is in the best interest of his bride. This was so serious a call to living that the qualification for elders and deacons included that they be the husbands of one wife. Only through that means would the clear picture of the relationship between Christ and His Church be portrayed accurately. Therefore, it is the responsibility of those gifted to teach and to lead within the Body to confront those who follow with their own lives lived to this divinely tuned standard.