Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;

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

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Cross References

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

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

Colossians 2:19and not holding the Head, from which the entire body, by joints and ligaments being supplied and knitted together, increases the increase of God.

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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