Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
32This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:16Or know you not, that he who is joined to a harlot, is made one body ? For they shall be, saith he, two in 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 →