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Ephesians 5:31
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29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30 For awe are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.  
31 a“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the btwo shall become one flesh.”  
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless alet each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she brespects her husband. 
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Ephesians 5:31

For this cause (anti toutou). "Answering to this" = eneken toutou of Genesis 2:24, in the sense of anti seen in anq wn (Luke 12:3). This whole verse is a practical quotation and application of the language to Paul's argument here. In Matthew 19:5 Jesus quotes Genesis 2:24. It seems absurd to make Paul mean Christ here by anqrwpov (man) as some commentators do.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 5:31:

John 3:29
Romans 7:4
1 Corinthians 7:1
1 Corinthians 7:27
Ephesians 5:28
Colossians 1:18
Titus 1:5
Hebrews 12:23

 

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