Thus a man and a woman, who by their compact of conjugal love "are no longer two, but one flesh" (Matt. 19:ff), render mutual help and service to each other through an intimate union of their persons and of their actions. Through this union they experience the meaning of their oneness and attain to it with growing perfection day by day.
De esta manera, el marido y la mujer, que por el pacto conyugal ya no son dos, sino una sola carne (Mt 19,6), con la unión íntima de sus personas y actividades se ayudan y se sostienen mutuamente, adquieren conciencia de su unidad y la logran cada vez más plenamente.