Ephesians 5:29

For no one ever hated his own body; but nourisheth it, and provideth for it, even as the Messiah the church.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

28It behooveth men so to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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

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Cross References

John 6:50But this is the bread which cometh from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

Ephesians 5:31For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should 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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