the language of sacrifice. By invoking Jesus’ death on the cross as the model for husbands, Paul summons men to lay down their lives for their wives. While on rare occasions dying for one’s wife may be literally necessary, he means it in the everyday sense of husbands dying to self by prioritizing their wives’ needs and wants before their own. Essentially Paul is saying, “Husbands, seek the good of your wives regardless of the cost to you.” With these words Paul instructs husbands to deny themselves