Ephesians 5:29 - The Scriptures 1998

²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but feeds and cherishes it, as also the Master does the assembly.

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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.

Ephesians 5:29 Cross References

Genesis 2:23

And the man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This one is called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of man.”

Proverbs 11:17

A kind man is rewarding his being, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He feeds His flock like a shepherd, He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young.

Ezekiel 34:27

“And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit and the earth yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land. And they shall know that I am יהוה, when I have broken the bars of their yoke. And I shall deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them,

Matthew 23:37

“Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!

Matthew 6:26

“Look at the birds of the heaven, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father does feed them. Are you not worth more than they?

Romans 1:31

without discernment, covenant breakers, unloving, unforgiving, ruthless;

Ephesians 5:28

In this way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:30

Because we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

Ephesians 5:31

“For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”