Ephesians 5:29

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;

Montgomery 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

28That is how husbands ought to love their wives, as they love their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

30for we are members of his body.

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Cross References

John 6:50"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never die.

Ephesians 5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall 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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