Ephesians 5:30

Because we are parts of his body.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

In Context

29For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

31For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

Colossians 2:19And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

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 →

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