Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever hated his own body, but nourisheth it, and taketh care of it; so also the Meshiha (taketh care) of the church.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

28So it becometh husbands to love their wives, as their own bodies. For he who his wife loveth, himself he loveth.

30For we are members of his body, and of his flesh are we, and of his bones.

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Cross References

John 6:50but this is the bread which hath descended from heaven, that man may eat of it, and die not.

Ephesians 5:31Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two 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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