Ephesians 5:30

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

Young's Literal Translation

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 his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

31'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, the many, one body are in Christ, and members each one of one another.

1 Corinthians 12:12For, even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, so also [is] the Christ,

Colossians 2:19and not holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together — may increase 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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