"For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:" — Ephesians 5:29

Ephesians 5:29 · KJV

“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”

— Ephesians 5:29

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Ephesians 5 — Context

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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.

Cross References

Ephesians 5:31

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.

Ezekiel 34:14-15

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and {in} a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

Proverbs 11:17

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but {he that is} cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

John 6:50-58

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

Isaiah 40:11

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry {them} in his bosom, {and} shall gently lead those that are with young. {that...: or, that give suck}

Matthew 23:37

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, {thou} that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under {her} wings, and ye would not!

Ezekiel 34:27

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I {am} the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.