Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
30for we are members of his body.
32There is a deep mystery here - I am speaking of Christ and his church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5"For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh?
1 Corinthians 6:16Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in body? (For God says, The two shall become 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 →