Ephesians 5:31 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Common English Bible

“This is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two of them will be one body”.

Catholic Public Domain Version

"For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

Ephesians 5:31 Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Matthew 19:5

and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh?

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.