Ephesians 5:31
29 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.
“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.
33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- KJV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
- WEB
- “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.”
- ASV
- For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
- DARBY
- Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
- BLB
- “Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh.”
- ÅB
- Derfor skal mannen forlate far og mor og holde seg til sin hustru, og de to skal være ett kjød.
- OTB
- “Derfor skal en mann forlate sin far og mor og bli forent med sin hustru, og de to skal bli ett kjød.”
- B1930
- Derfor skal mannen forlate far og mor og holde sig til sin hustru, og de to skal være ett kjød.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read in contextMatthew 19:5
and said, ‘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 contextMark 10:7–8
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,
Read in context1 Corinthians 6:16
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
Read in context