Ephesians 5:31
For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should be one flesh.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
30For we are members of his body and of his flesh, and of his bones.
32This is a great mystery; but I am speaking of the Messiah, and of his church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5And he said: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:16Or know ye not, that whoever joineth himself to a harlot, is one body with her? For it is said, They twain shall be one body.
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 →