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Ephesians 5:29

World English Bible

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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Ephesians 5:29 in other translations

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Ephesians 5:29 · American Standard Version

Ephesians 5:29 in context

  1. 27that 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 defect.
  2. 28Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
  3. 29For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
  4. 30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
  5. 31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”