Ephesians 5:30-32 "Love sees..." C.S. Lewis

When Paul declares the mystery of Christ and the Church as being related to the one flesh union of man and woman (Genesis 2:24), he does not explain where the parallels begin and end.  It is obvious to anyone who can read the gospel that Jesus descends into the condition of mankind to deal with sin (and, ultimately, evil).  The parallel to Genesis 3 should be easy to discern. Adam, who is not deceived by the serpent or by the woman, (I Timothy 2:14), sees the change that is wrought in her by sin and the fruit and chooses to enter into this new condition with her.  “Greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friends,” John 15:13.  Adam’s self sacrifice may not have been effective in bringing salvation, but his love was the same in quality as that of his creator and Father.