Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself.

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

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Cross References

John 6:50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die.

Ephesians 5:31For this reason shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as 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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