“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.”†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ephesians 5:31 in context
Ephesians 5:28–33
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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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Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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