Ephesians 5:31
For 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.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
30for we are members of his body.
32In this there is a profound truth – I am speaking of Christ and his church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5and said – ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife will become one’?
1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that a man who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body (for ‘the two,’ it is said, ‘will become one’);
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 →