Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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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