Ephesians 5:31

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Ephesians 5:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

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.

33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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.

Matthew 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’?

Mark 10:7

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Mark 10:8

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

1 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.”