The instruction to the husband to love his wife and to the wife to respect her husband are simple in number, but they don’t feel simple in practice. But God does not merely give you His Word of instruction, but also the will and power to follow them. In the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul taught the church to live out their marriages as a reflection of Christ’s relationship with His church. We can live out our marriage as a reflection of Christ and His church.