Reference

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
1

Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.

2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4

For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

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The Church as Bride of Christ

The verse speaks of Paul presenting "you" (the Corinthians) as a chaste virgin to Christ, which could be interpreted as an individual spiritual dedication rather than a collective representation of the entire Church as a corporate bride. The "espoused you to one husband" could refer to their individual commitment to Christ, not necessarily a universal marital metaphor for the Church.