Ephesians 5:31

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

In Context

30Because we are members of his body.

32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:5And said, For this reason shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cling to his wife: and the two shall be one flesh?

1 Corinthians 6:16Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? for the two, he says, 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 →

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