Ephesians 5:29

God's Word

No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church.

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She will be named woman because she was taken from man.”

Proverbs 11:17

A merciful person helps himself, but a cruel person hurts himself.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

A fool folds his hands and wastes away.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he takes care of his flock. He gathers the lambs in his arms. He carries them in his arms. He gently helps the sheep and their lambs.

Ezekiel 34:27

Then the trees in the field will produce fruit, the land will yield crops, and my sheep will live safely in their land. Then they will know that I am the Lord, because I will break off the bars on their yokes  and rescue them from the people who made them slaves.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!

Matthew 6:26

“Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?

Romans 1:31

don’t have any sense, don’t keep promises, and don’t show love to their own families or mercy to others.

Ephesians 5:28

So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:30

We are parts of his body.

Ephesians 5:31

That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one.