Ephesians 5:29
For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, as also Christ the church;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
28So husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.
30because we are members of his body, [being] of his flesh, and of his bones.
Cross References
John 6:50This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, that one may eat thereof, and not die.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave 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 →