Ephesians 5:31
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.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
In Context
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Cross References
Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
1 Corinthians 6:16What? know all of you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, says he, 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 →