Ephesians 5:29

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself:

30because we are members of his body:

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Cross References

John 6:50this is the bread coming down from heaven, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

Ephesians 5:31on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be 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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