Ephesians 5:29

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For no one ever hates his own flesh, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

Cross References

Genesis 2:23

Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.”

Proverbs 11:17

Those who are kind reward themselves, but the cruel do themselves harm.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms and carry them in his bosom and gently lead the mother sheep.

Ezekiel 34:27

The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.

Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

Matthew 6:26

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

Romans 1:31

foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Ephesians 5:28

In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:30

because we are members of his body.

Ephesians 5:31

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