Ephesians 5:31
Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
30for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]
32This mystery is great, but *I* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5and said, On account of this a man shall leave father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
1 Corinthians 6:16Do ye not know that he [that is] joined to the harlot is one body? for the two, he says, 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 →