because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect. Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly; because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones. “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.” This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly. Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.
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For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cotinue with his wyfe and two shalbe made one flesshe.
This is a great secrete but I speake bitwene Christ and the congregacion.
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For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
Cross-references (21)
- Genesis 2:24 (v31) Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Matthew 19:5 (v31) and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’
- 1 Corinthians 6:15 (v30) Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May…
- Mark 10:7-8 (v31) For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no…
- 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (v30) For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. For in one…
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- Romans 12:5 (v30) so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,
- Genesis 2:23 (v30) The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 (v32) For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Revelation 21:2 (v32) I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
- Isaiah 54:5 (v32) For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the…
- Revelation 19:7-8 (v32) Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself…
- Isaiah 62:4-5 (v32) You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land…
- Colossians 2:2 (v32) that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that…
- 1 Corinthians 6:16 (v31) Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”
- Ephesians 1:23 (v30) which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
- 1 Timothy 3:16 (v32) Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached…
- John 3:29 (v32) He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the…
- Colossians 2:19 (v30) and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with…
- Song of Solomon 1:1-8 (v32) The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine. Your oils have a…
- Psalms 45:9-17 (v32) Kings’ daughters are among your honorable women. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir. Listen, daughter, consider, and turn…
- Ephesians 6:19 (v32) on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the Good News,
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On vv30–32 30. For we are members of his body, of…
30. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. First, this is no exaggeration, but the simple truth. Secondly, he does not simply mean that Christ is a partaker of our nature, but expresses something higher (καὶ ἐμφατικώτερον) and more emphatic.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv30–32 He alludeth to the making of the woman, which…
He alludeth to the making of the woman, which signifieth our coupling together with Christ, which is wrought by faith, but is sealed by the Sacrament of the Supper.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv30–32 30 For we are members of his body, of…
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ver. 30. Of his flesh, and of his bones] While he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit, 1Co 6:17. This union is neither natural, nor corporal, nor political, nor personal, but mystical and spiritual; and yet it is no less true and real than that of God the Father and God the Son, Joh 17:21-22. For as the Holy Ghost did unite in the Virgin’s womb the Divine and human natures of Christ, and made them one person; by reason whereof Christ is of our flesh and of our bones; so the Spirit unites that person of Christ, his whole person, God-man, with our persons, by reason whereof we are of his flesh and of his bones.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv30–32 We are members of his body; his mystical body.
We are members of his body; his mystical body.
Of his flesh, and of his bones; as Eve was of Adam’s, Gen 2:23; only that was in a carnal way, this in a spiritual, as by the communication of Christ’s flesh and blood to us by the Spirit we are united to him, and members of him.
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William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain On v31 Here the apostle uses a farther argument to excite…
Here the apostle uses a farther argument to excite the husband’s love to his espoused wife, taken from the law of marriage, which maketh them two one flesh in a civil sense; therefore the man should leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife: not that their obligations cease to their parents, or as if they were to cast off natural affection to them; but he shows, that there is a nearer union betwixt husband and wife, than betwixt parents and child, and that the bonds of matrimonial love are stronger than those of nature.
Their being said to be one flesh, implies a most strict union, and most intimate communion, and whereby they have one interest. Common goods, common friends, yea and all things common, as if they were but one person; but the apostle further intimates to us, at the 31st verse, that this matrimonial union betwixt man and wife, was designed by God, to shadow forth and represent that mystical union which is betwixt Christ and his Church. Doth the conjugal union give the wife an interest in the estate and honour of the husband, be she never so meanly descended in herself? in like manner, from the saints’ union with Christ, does there immediately result a sweet and blessed communion or fellowship with Christ in grace and spiritual privileges; all that Christ is, and has, is theirs by communication to them, or improvement for them; well might the apostle therefore say, This is a great mystery, & c.
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In the 33rd verse, the apostle shuts up his discourse upon this argument, with a repeated exhortation to the husband to love his wife, and to the wife to reverence her husband. Let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself: "so love," that is, with an extensive love, reaching the whole person, soul and body; with an intensive love, above all persons and relatives whatsoever; with an hearty love, without dissimulation; with an holy love, without alteration; and with great love, beyond comparsion.
And let the wife see that she reverences her husband. The great duty which the wife owes to her husband is reverence. This is made up of three ingredients; namely, estimation, love, and fear: the wife that reverences her husband, esteems him and dares not think meanly of him; her esteem of him provokes her love unto him; and her love of him is accompanied with an ingenuous fear to offend and grieve him; and the wife expresses this reverence in her gestures, by a respectful demeanour towards him; in her speeches to him when with her, and of him when absent from her, always mentioning him with respect and honour; in her actions, by complying with his desires, by following his directions, by hearkening to his reproofs, and by her cheerful and respectful behaviour towards him at all times and in all places, as well at home as abroad before the world. And that the wife may thus reverence her husband, let her be earnest with God in prayer, for wisdom and understanding, for prudence and patience, for humility and meekness: a proud spirit would not agree with an angel, but the humble will agree with any person.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On v30 Nevertheless, let everyone of you in particular,.... The apostle…
Nevertheless, let everyone of you in particular,.... The apostle returns to his former subject, and recapitulates the mutual duties of husband and wife, after he had enforced them from the instance and example of Christ, and his church; and would have every married person in particular take the directions and instructions given, to themselves: as that the husband
so love his wife even as himself; since they two are one flesh:
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and the wife see that she reverence her husband; since he leaves father and mother for her, and is the head of her; See Gill on Eph 5:22.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv30–31 For we - The reason why Christ nourishes and…
For we - The reason why Christ nourishes and cherishes the church is, that close connection between them which is here expressed in the words of Moses, originally spoken concerning Eve. Are members - Are as intimately united to Christ, in a spiritual sense, as if we were literally "flesh of his flesh, and bone of his bone."
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv30–32 Verse 30. We are members of his body] He…
Verse 30. We 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 Saviour 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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv30–32 For we are members of his body - Of…
For we are members of his body - Of the body of Christ; see 1Co 11:3, note; 1Co 12:27, note; Joh 15:1-6, notes, and Eph 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 bones, and flesh of my flesh;” Gen 2:23. It is language which is employed to denote the closeness of the marriage relation, and which Paul applies to the connection between Christ and his people. Of course, it cannot be understood “literally.” It is not true literally that our bones are a part of the bones of Christ, or our flesh of his flesh; nor should language ever be used that would imply a miraculous union. It is not a physical union, but a union of attachment; of feeling; of love. If we avoid the notion of a “physical” union, however, it is scarcely possible to use too strong language in describing the union of believers with the Lord Jesus. The Scriptures make use of language which is stronger than that employed to describe any other connection; and there is no union of affection so powerful as that which binds the Christian to the Saviour. So strong is it, that he is willing for it to forsake father, mother, and home; to leave his country, and to abandon his possessions; to go to distant lands and dwell among barbarians to make the Redeemer known; or to go to the cross or the stake from simple love to the Saviour. Account for it as people may, there has been manifested on earth nowhere else so strong an attachment as that which binds the Christian to the cross. It is stronger love that that which a man has for his own flesh and bones; for it makes him willing that his flesh should be consumed by fire, or his bones broken on the wheel rather than deny him. Can the infidel account for this strength of attachment on any other principle than that it has a divine origin?
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(See the supplementary note, Rom 8:10, on the union between Christ and his people, in which it is shown that a mere union of feeling and love is far beneath the truth.)
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v32 This....sacrament, (or mystery)....in Christ, and in the Church. This…
This....sacrament, (or mystery)....in Christ, and in the Church. This sacrament, in construction, must be referred to what immediately went before, i.e. to the conjunction of marriage betwixt man and wife; and this is called a great sacrament, or mystery, as representing the union or spiritual nuptials of Christ with his spouse, the Church. (Witham)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv30–32 For--Greek, "Because" (Co1 6:15). Christ nourisheth and cherisheth the…
For--Greek, "Because" (Co1 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] (Gen 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, the Church. Joh 12:24; Joh 19:34-35, to which Eph 5:25-27 allude, as implying atonement by His blood, and sanctification by the "water," answering to that which flowed from His side (compare also Joh 7:38-39; Co1 6:11). As Adam gave Eve a new name, Hebrew, "Isha," "woman," formed from his own rib, Ish, "man," signifying her formation from him, so Christ, Rev 2:17; Rev 3:12. Gen 2:21, Gen 2:23-24 puts the bones first because the reference there is to the natural structure. But Paul is referring to the flesh of Christ. It is not our bones and flesh, but "we" that are spiritually propagated (in our soul and spirit now, and in the body hereafter, regenerated) from the manhood of Christ which has flesh and bones. We are members of His glorified body (Joh 6:53). The two oldest existing manuscripts, and Coptic or Memphitic version, omit "of His flesh and of His bones"; the words may have crept into the text through the Margin from Gen 2:23, Septuagint. However, IRENÆUS, 294, and the old Latin and Vulgate versions, with some good old manuscripts, have them.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv30–32 30. Members of his body—Conceptually, but not literally; just…
30. Members of his body—Conceptually, but not literally; just as husband and wife are one flesh; not, in fact, one single material hermaphrodite body, but so imaged in fancy as thereby to illustrate literal truth more forcibly than any mere literal statement can. We are, also, members of Christ’s body, not as offspring derived from him, (as Eve from Adam,) but as one with him in love, as are man and wife.
Of his flesh, and of his bones—These words are of doubtful genuineness. They are an evident allusion to Gen_2:23 : “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh.” Bengel says, Moses names “bones” first and Paul “flesh;” the former so because the bones are the supports of the natural frame; but in the new creation the “flesh” of Christ is the main element. Thus far, well; but, unfortunately, he adds: “Not our bones and flesh, but we ourselves are spiritually propagated from the humanity of Christ, which has flesh and bones.” It is not of propagation or derivation that St. Paul speaks, but of conceptual identity.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv30–32 30. members] Limbs; the word used above Eph_4:25; and…
30. members] Limbs; the word used above Eph_4:25; and cp. Rom_12:4-5; 1Co_6:15 (a strict parallel), 1Co_12:27.
of his flesh, and of his bones] Three important MSS. (ABא) supported by other but not considerable authority, omit these words. It has been suggested that they were inserted by transcribers from Gen_2:23, as the next verse is certainly quoted from Gen_2:24. But the phrase here is not verbally close enough to that in Gen. to make this likely. A transcriber would probably have given word for word, while the Apostle would as probably quote with a difference, such as we find here. And the difference is significant. “We” are not said here to be “bone of His bone &c.,” which might have seemed to imply that our physical frame is derived from that of the Incarnate Lord, but, more generally, “limbs of His body, out of His flesh and out of His bones.” Our true, spiritual, life and being is the derivative of His as He is our Second Adam, in a sense so strong and real as to be figured by the physical derivation of Eve from Adam. “As for any mixture of the substance of His flesh with ours,” says Hooker (Eccl. Pol. v. 56, end), “the participation which we have of Christ includeth no such gross surmise[40]”.
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[40] The remarkable chapter which thus closes deserves very careful study. It will be seen that Hooker’s view of “Christ’s body in ours as a cause of immortality” is that it is “a cause by removing, through the death and merit of His own flesh, that which hindered the life of ours.”
In brief, this statement, in the light of other Scripture, amounts to the assertion that “we,” the believing Church, as such, are, as in the Case of Eve and Adam, at once the product of our Incarnate Lord’s existence as Second Adam, and His Bride. This profound and precious truth is not dwelt upon, however. Strictly speaking, it is only incidental here.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv31–32 (31) For this cause.—In spite of much authority, it…
(31) For this cause.—In spite of much authority, it seems far simpler to consider the words “Even as the Lord . . . His bones” as parenthetical, and refer back to Eph_5:28-29. In exactly the same way our Lord quotes the same verse of Genesis (Gen_2:24) to show the indissoluble character of the marriage tie. Here the similarity of connection with that of the original passage is even stronger. Because a man’s wife is as his own body, “for this cause shall a man,” &c. To connect these words with those going before is indeed possible, but somewhat too mystical even for this passage.
Shall a man leave his father . . .—The relation of parentage is one of common flesh and blood, and stands at the head of those natural relations which we do not make, but into which we are born. The relation of marriage is the most sacred of all the ties into which we are not born, and which we do make for ourselves, in accordance with a true or supposed harmony of nature. It becomes, says Holy Scripture, a relation, not of common flesh and blood, but of “one flesh.” Itself originally voluntary, it supersedes all natural ties. Our Lord therefore adds, “They are no more twain, but one flesh. What God hath joined together let not man put asunder” (Mat_19:6). Hence it strikingly represents that unity with Christ—voluntarily initiated by Him, voluntarily accepted by us—which yet so supersedes all natural ties that it is said to oblige a man to “hate his father and mother . . . and his own life also” (Luk_14:26).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv30–32 For we are members of his body being, of…
For we are members of his body being, of his flesh, and of his bones (the last seven words omitted in many manuscripts and in the R.V). The reference is to the original formation of woman as narrated in Ge 2. Her very name indicated that she was "taken from man." She was taken from him and given to him. So the Church is taken from Christ and given to him. Taken from his body, sprung from his incarnation and his crucifixion and resurrection, the spiritual offspring of his humanity, and then given to him, to be his servant, nay, above a servant, his companion, friend, and confidant for evermore. If it had not been for the body of Christ (Heb_10:5) the Church could have had no existence. No bride fit for the King of heaven could have sprung from the earth. As Eve came from the opened side of Adam, so figuratively the Church springs from the pierced side of Jesus.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv30–32 For we are members of His body, of His…
Eph_5:30
For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
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Membership in Christs body
I. The nature of membership with the body of Christ.
1. Members of the Church of Christ are such nominally and professedly. The Church is a visible organization--a city set on a hill, which cannot be hid--the light of the world, which must shine wherever it exists. Membership in Christs body supposes that we have been baptized, and are in the habit of receiving holy communion; also that we obey the laws, regulations, and discipline which have been made for the orderly government of the Church.
2. To be a member of the body of Christ implies that we are such spiritually and sincerely--in the homage of our minds, the devotion of our lives, and the affections of our hearts.
3. To be a member of the body of Christ implies pardon and regeneration.
II. The importance of becoming members of the body of Christ.
1. Membership with the visible Church of Christ is necessary in order to the existence and perpetuity of the Christian Church. A Church naturally supposes members, just as the whole supposes parts; there must be members, or there can be no Church.
2. Membership with the visible Church of Christ is necessary in order to a right understanding of some very important passages in the Word of God. The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.
3. Membership with the body of Christ is necessary in order to the full and entire performance of ones religious duties.
(1) Sympathy.
(2) Mutual edification.
4. Membership with the body of Christ is necessary as it may help to assist us against our spiritual enemies.
5. Membership with the body of Christ is necessary to give some proof of our attachment to Jesus Christ and His cause.
6. Membership with the body of Christ is necessary if you consider the spiritual benefits to be derived from it. (P. Cooper.)
Members of Christs body
I. The doctrine. A difficult subject, liable to misrepresentation and abuse.
1. The apostle is speaking of believers only.
2. We must put away all sensual and carnal ideas from the consideration of this subject. It is a spiritual union that is here spoken of.
3. We must put away from the consideration of this subject all narrow-mindedness and bigotry. Now let us notice that the text conveys to us three ideas, as characteristic of the relation in which the Church stands to the Redeemer, viz.,
(1) Union;
(2) Dependence;
(3) Sympathy.
II. Duties resulting from this relation.
1. Love.
2. Reverence.
3. Obedience. (Dr. Raffles.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv30–32 30. We are members of his body. We are…
30. We are members of his body. We are all members of Christ's body, the church. But the church is his Bride. Hence the language of Gen. 2:23, where Adam declares that his wife “is bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh,” applies to our relation to Christ.
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William B. Godbey 1900 · Public Domain On vv30–31 30. Because we are members of His body, as…
30. Because we are members of His body, as I freely use all of my members conservatively of my body, so Christ has a perfect right to use every saint in perfect harmony with his sovereign will and infinite wisdom conservatively of his glory.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v32 Eph 5:30; Eph 5:31 are quoted from Gen 2:23;…
bride
Eph 5:30; Eph 5:31 are quoted from Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24 and exclude the interpretation that the reference is to the church merely as the body of Christ. Eve, taken from Adam’s body, was truly "bone of his bones, and flesh of his flesh," but she was also his wife, united to him in a relation which makes of "twain.. . one flesh" Mat 19:5; Mat 19:6 and so a clear type of the church as bride of Christ. 2Co 11:2; 2Co 11:3. The bride type are Eve Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24 Rebecca
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(See Scofield "Gen 24:1").
Asenath (See Scofield "Gen 41:45")
(See Scofield "Gen 37:2")
Zipporah Exo 2:21. (See Scofield "Hos 2:2").
mystery (See Scofield "Mat 13:11").
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General Information:
The quotation is from the writings of Moses in the Old Testament.
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The words "his" and "himself" refer to a male believer who marries.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv31–32 5:31 The unity of husband and wife should motivate…
5:31 The unity of husband and wife should motivate the husband to care for his wife.
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