Ephesians 5:31 ““For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united…”

Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”

American Standard Version

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Geneva Bible 1599

For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

Darby Translation

Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'

Bible in Basic English

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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Cross references

“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.”

Genesis 2:24 Matthew 19:5 1 Corinthians 6:16 Mark 10:7 Mark 10:8

Genesis 2:24 · BSB

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Matthew 19:5 · BSB

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’ ?

1 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

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.”

Mark 10:7 · BSB

‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

Mark 10:8 · BSB

and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30For we are members of His body.

32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

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