Ephesians 5:30

For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.

31“For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.”

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.

1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ.

Colossians 2:19and not holding up the head, with which the whole body, by its underlying joints and ligaments, is joined together and grows with an increase that is 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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