Ephesians 5:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife.”

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That's why a man will leave his own father and mother. He marries a woman, and the two of them become like one person.

That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.

Don't you know that a man who does that becomes part of her body? The Scriptures say, “The two of them will be like one person.”

This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church.