Ephesians 5:29

For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

In Context

28So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.

30for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but the cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.

Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase; and they shall be in safety in their land, and shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those that kept them in servitude.

John 6:50This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

Ephesians 5:31Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be 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 →

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