Ephesians 5:29

James Moffatt - New Testament

For no one ever hates his flesh; no, he nourishes and cherishes it (just as Christ does the church

Cross References

Ephesians 5:31

Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh.

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! slaying the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often I would fain have gathered your children as a fowl gathers her brood under her wings! But you would not have it!

Romans 1:31

devoid of conscience, false to their word, callous, merciless;

Matthew 6:26

Look at the wild birds; they sow not, they reap not, they gather nothing in granaries, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than birds?

Ephesians 5:28

So ought husbands to love their wives — to love them as their own bodies (he who loves his wife loves himself).

Ephesians 5:30

for we are members of his Body).