Dear, I was married to a wife-beater, and once they get a taste of it, they will not stop there. He's already threatened you - what makes you think you love him?? You love being with someone - anyone - are you that desperate to be abused? You need professional help, or your friends and family will wind up visiting you in the cemetery.
Sorry to be so blunt, but you should go to the police and report this, maybe that will give him incentive to seek therapy if he really care - but he also needs help, so force him to get it and it might work out.
But until then, nothing is going to change except for the worse - so do something real quick. PLEASE - save your self-respect and life!
Seven skull fractures and broken ribs and jaw still kept me with him, until he accidentally hit my child - don't wait that long.