Ephesians 5:31

English Standard Version 2016

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.