Ephesians 5:31
“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.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
32This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5“For this reason, a man shall separate from father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife, and these two shall become one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:16And do you not know that whoever is joined to a harlot becomes one body? “For the two,” he said, “shall be as 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 →