Ephesians 5:29
No one, in fact, ever yet hated, his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,—even as, the Christ, the assembly,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
30Because, members, are we of his body;—
Cross References
Proverbs 11:17The man of lovingkindness, dealeth well with his own soul, but the cruel man, troubleth his own flesh.
Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd, his flock, will he tend, In his own arm, will he take up the lambs, And in his own bosom, will he carry [them],—Them which are with young, will he lead to a place of rest.
Ezekiel 34:27And the tree of the field shall yield his fruit And, the land, shall yield her increase, And they shall remain on their own soil in security,- So shall they know that I, am Yahweh, When I have broken the bars of their yoke, And shall deliver them out of the hand of them who have been using them as slaves.
John 6:50This, is the bread which, out of heaven, cometh down, that one, thereof, may eat,—and not die.
Ephesians 5:31For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they 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 →