<p>5:33 <i>However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband</i>- The simple practical point is that the love of the husband for the wife, after the pattern of the Lord's love for the church on the cross, is to elicit respect from the wife to the husband. This addresses the female need for love and the male need for respect- and it all reflects the far higher level of the Lord's love for us and our submission towards Him.</p>