Model #1
Personal, Sacrificial Giving

“Men marry women thinking they will NOT change, but they do. And women marry men thinking they WILL change, but they do not.”

Model #2
Personal, Nurturing care & Sacrificial Love

“Wouldst thou that thy wife love thee? Have care thyself for her as Christ does the church. And if it be needful that thou shouldst give thy life for her or be cut into a 1000 pieces or endure anything whatsoever—refuse it not. Yea, if thou hast suffered this, thou still hast not done what Christ did. For thou has suffered this for one to whom thou ar’t already united. But He for her who rejected him and hated him. He brought her to his feet by his great love and care—not by threats or fear or any such thing. So thou conduct thyself like Jesus towards thy wife.”

-John Chrysostom (347 -407 A.D.)