Bible Verses about “one flesh”
The Bible contains 13 verses about one flesh across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
“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.”
“‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›”
“‹Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.›”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“‹And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?›”
“And he answered and said unto them, ‹Have ye not read, that he which made› [them] ‹at the beginning made them male and female,›”
“‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›”
“What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.”
“¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.”
“If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny [him], he also will deny us:”
“[It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we shall also live with [him]:”