NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 29

Ephesians 5:29

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For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

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Ephesians 5:26–32

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that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

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that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.

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Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

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For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,

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

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“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”

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This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.

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