Ephesians 5:31
Separate from this a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30because we are parts of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
32This mystery is great, but I speak for Christ and for the church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5and said, For this reason a man will leave his father and mother behind, and will be bonded with his wife, and the two will be in one flesh?
1 Corinthians 6:16Or know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For, The two, he says, will be in one flesh.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →