Ephesians 5:30

for we are members of his body.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

29for no one ever yet hated his own body. But everyone feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the church;

31For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife will become one.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, by our union in Christ, many though we are, form but one body, and individually we are related one to another as its parts.

1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

Colossians 2:19They fail to maintain union with the head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and connexion of every part, grows with a divine growth.

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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