Ephesians 5:30

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

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Colossians 2:19and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s 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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