Ephesians 5:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Ephesians 5:29 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
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.
John 6:50-58
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. …
Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21-33)

Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph. 5:21. There is a mutual submission that Christians owe one to another, condescending to bear one another’s burdens: not advancing themselves above others, nor domineering over one another and giving laws to one another. Paul was an example of this truly…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29. For--Supply, and we all love ourselves: “For no man,” &c. his own flesh--(Ep 5:31, end). nourisheth--Greek, “nourisheth it up,” namely, to maturity. “Nourisheth,” refers to food and internal sustenance; “cherisheth,” to clothing and external fostering. even as--Translate, “even as also.” the Lord--The oldest manuscripts read, “Christ.” Ex 21:10 prescribes three duties to the husband. The two f…