Ephesians 5:29

for no one ever yet hated his own body. But every one feeds his body and cares for it, just as the Christ for the Church;

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

28That is how husbands ought to love their wives — as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;

30for we are members of his Body.

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Cross References

John 6:50The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.

Ephesians 5:31‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.’

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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