Christ loved the church, His bride so much that He died for her on the cross. So, every godly husband should love his wife and be willing to die for her if need be.
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. he that loveth his wife loveth himself.” – Ephesians 5: 25-28
