Ephesians 5:31
World English Bible
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
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Ephesians 5:31 in other translations
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:31 in context
- 29For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
- 30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
- 31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
- 32This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
- 33Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.