Ephesians 5:30

for we are members of his body.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it as Christ does the church;

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.

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Cross References

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

1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, although they be many, are one body; so also is Christ.

Colossians 2:19instead of keeping connection with the Head from the whole body draws nourishment for all its needs by the joints which bind it; and is knit together, and grows with a divine growth.

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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