Ephesians 5:29

Ephesians chapter 5 · verse 29 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

King James Version · 1611

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

American Standard Version · 1901

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

v.28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

v.29This passage

v.30because we are members of his body.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Ezekiel 34:27
And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.
Ezekiel 34:14
I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Romans 1:31
without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:
Isaiah 40:11
He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and will gently lead those that have their young.
Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.