Ephesians 5:29
For no man ever hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church:
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
28So husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
30Because we are members of his body.
Cross References
John 6:50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
Ephesians 5:31For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the 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 →