Ephesians 5:30

Ephesians 5:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
• New International Version (NIV)for we are members of his body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)because we are members of his body.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

Context of Ephesians 5:30

28Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members (parts) of His body. 31For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:30 word by word

ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• we areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• membersμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
• of hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• bodyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• bonesὀστέονosteon ostoun · boneG3747

Cross-references for Ephesians 5:30

• Ephesians 1:23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills and completes all things in all [believers].
• Genesis 2:23Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
• Romans 12:5so we, who are many, are [nevertheless just] one body in Christ, and individually [we are] parts one of another [mutually dependent on each other].
• 1 Corinthians 6:15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Am I therefore to take the members of Christ and make them part of a prostitute? Certainly not!
• 1 Corinthians 12:12For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ.
• Colossians 2:19and not holding fast to the head [of the body, Jesus Christ], from whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows with the growth [that can come only] from God.

Commentaries on Ephesians 5:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30We are members of his body - He has partaken of our nature, as we have partaken of the nature of Adam. And as he is the head of the Church and the Savior of this body; so we, being members of the Church, are members of his mystical body. That is, we are united to him by one Spirit in the closest intimacy, even similar to that which the members have with the body.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30For we are members of his body - Of the body of Christ; see 1 Corinthians 11:3, note; 1 Corinthians 12:27, note; John 15:1-6, notes, and Ephesians 1:23, note. The idea here is, that there is a close and intimate union between the Christian and the Saviour - a union so intimate that they may be spoken of as “one”. Of his flesh, and of his bones - There is an allusion here evidently to the language which Adam used respecting Eve. “This is now bone of my…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-33Verses 22-33 The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and constant, notwithstanding her failures. Christ gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify it in this world, and glorify it in the next, that he might bestow on all his members…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-33Christian husbands should love their wives just as Christ loved the church. This means loving sacrificially, for Christ gave up his life for the church (5:2; compare Colossians 3:19; 1 Peter 3:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. For--Greek, "Because" (1Co 6:15). Christ nourisheth and cherisheth the Church as being of one flesh with Him. Translate, "Because we are members of His body (His literal body), being OF His flesh and of His bones" [Alford] (Ge 2:23, 24). The Greek expresses, "Being formed out of" or "of the substance of His flesh." Adam's deep sleep, wherein Eve was formed from out of his opened side, is an emblem of Christ's death, which was the birth of the Spouse…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 5:30

• Assurance
• Church
• Fellowship
• Husband
• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Awake
• Dear
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Fellowship
• Flesh
• Fruit
• Light
• Marriage
• Melody

Commentaries on Ephesians 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings