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.”
Note Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)
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.
“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.”
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ephesians 5:31
- Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7, 8; 1 Corinthians 6:16