Ephesians 5:29

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

American Standard Version

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

28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

30because we are members of his body.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, [and] will gently lead those that have their young.

Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

John 6:50This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become 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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