25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her. 28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. The Bible is categorical- Ephesians 24-25,28,33- "Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. He who loves his wife loves himself. In the African culture, marriage was considered as a continuation of lineage.

Source: Standard Digital August 11, 2016 09:33 UTC