Ephesians 5:30

for we are members of his body, as if taken out of his flesh, and of his bones, as Eve was out of Adam's.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

In Context

29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord also doth the church:

31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we who are many, are one body in Christ, and every one members of each other.

1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members; but all the parts of this one body, though many, are but one body:

Colossians 2:19and not adhering to the head, from which all the body, being supplied and held together as by joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.

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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