Ephesians 5:31
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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
In other translations
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
Greek words
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Related verses
- Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- Mark 10:7-87 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
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