Ephesians 5:29

For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

28So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.

30because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.

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Cross References

John 6:50Here is the bread that comes down out of Heaven that a man may eat it and not die.

Ephesians 5:31"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as 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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