Ephesians 5:30
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
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.”
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For we are members of His body.
- KJV
- For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
- WEB
- because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
- ASV
- because we are members of his body.
- DARBY
- for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]
- BLB
- For we are members of His body.
- ÅB
- for vi er hans legemes lemmer.
- OTB
- for vi er deler av Hans kropp.
- B1930
- for vi er hans legemes lemmer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:15
Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
Read in context1 Corinthians 12:12–27
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
Read in contextRomans 12:5
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
Read in contextGenesis 2:23
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Read in contextEphesians 1:23
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Read in contextColossians 2:19
He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.
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