31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; …
What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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…
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