World English Bible
Ephesians 5:29
“For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;”
Verse in context — Ephesians 5
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that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
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For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
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because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
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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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