Ephesians 5:29
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 For we are members of His body.
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
- KJV
- For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- WEB
- For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
- ASV
- for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
- DARBY
- For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:
- BLB
- For no one at any time hated his own flesh, but he nourishes and cherishes it just as Christ also [does] the church.
- ÅB
- ingen har jo nogensinne hatet sitt eget kjød, men han før og varmer det, slik som Kristus gjør med menigheten;
- OTB
- For ingen har noen gang hatet sin egen kropp, men de gir den næring og omsorg, slik Kristus gjør med kirken—
- B1930
- ingen har jo nogensinne hatet sitt eget kjød, men han før og varmer det, likesom Kristus gjør med menigheten;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Read in contextEzekiel 34:14–15
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
Read in contextProverbs 11:17
A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
Read in contextJohn 6:50–58
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Read in contextEzekiel 34:27
The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
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