Ephesians 5:29 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁹ For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

Common English Bible

²⁹ No one ever hates his own body, but feeds it and takes care of it just like Christ does for the church

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:

Ephesians 5:29 Cross References

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

Matthew 6:26

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Romans 1:31

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Ephesians 5:28

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 5:30

for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Ephesians 5:31

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.