Ephesians 5:31

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Matthew 19:5

and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

1 Corinthians 6:16

Do you not know that whoever is united to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For it is said, “The two shall be one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church.