29 For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, 30 since we are members of His body.[a]

31 For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,(A)
and the two will become one flesh.(B)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:30 Other mss add and of His flesh and of His bones
  2. Ephesians 5:31 Gn 2:24

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