Ephesians 5:29
For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
30For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feede his flocke like a shepheard: he shall gather the lambes with his arme, and cary them in his bosome, and shall guide them with young.
Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the fielde shall yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall giue her fruite, and they shalbe safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I haue broken the cordes of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hands of those that serued themselues of them.
John 6:50This is that breade, which commeth downe from heauen, that hee which eateth of it, shoulde not die.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe 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 →