Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Nourisheth (ektrefei). Old compound with perfective sense of ek (to nourish up to maturity and on). In N.T. only here and Ephesians 6:4.
Cherisheth (qalpei). Late and rare word, once in a marriage contract in a papyrus. In N.T. only here and I Thessalonians 2:7. Primarily it means to warm (Latin foveo), then to foster with tender care as here.
Even as Christ also (kaqwv kai o Xristov). Relative (correlative) adverb pointing back to outwv at the beginning of the sentence (verse Ephesians 5:28) and repeating the statement in verse Ephesians 5:25.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 5:29:
John 3:29
Romans 7:4
1 Corinthians 7:1
1 Corinthians 7:27
Ephesians 1:22
Ephesians 5:28
Colossians 1:18
1 Thessalonians 2:7
Hebrews 12:23
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