New American Standard Bible 1995

Ephesians 5:27-32

27that He might 1present to Himself the church 2in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be 3holy and blameless.

28So husbands ought also to 4love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

29for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

30because we are 5members of His 6body.

31 7For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

32This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

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1. Ephesians 5:27 2 Cor 4:14; 11:2; Col 1:22 ↩
2. Ephesians 5:27 Lit glorious ↩
3. Ephesians 5:27 Eph 1:4 ↩
4. Ephesians 5:28 Eph 5:25, 33; 1 Pet 3:7 ↩
5. Ephesians 5:30 1 Cor 6:15; 12:27 ↩
6. Ephesians 5:30 Eph 1:23 ↩
7. Ephesians 5:31 Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Mark 10:7f ↩

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