Ephesians 5:30

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:

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.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5thus we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and each one members one of the other.

1 Corinthians 12:12For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ.

Colossians 2:19and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases 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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