Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body—of His flesh and of His bones.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

1 Corinthians 12:12The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

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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