What does the Bible say about husbands and wives?

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The New Testament epistles address husbands and wives directly in Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3.

In Ephesians 5:25:

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

In Ephesians 5:22:

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

In 1 Peter 3:7:

7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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