Ephesians 5:31 BSB — MannaFest

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.”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ephesians 5:31 (420)

The same allegorical interpretation applies both to Christ and to the church, that Adam is to prefigure Christ and Eve the church. For "the last Adam was made a lifegiving spirit." Just as the whole human race is born from Adam and his wife, so the whole multitude of believers has been born of Christ and the church.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... These words contain the law of marriage, and are cited from Gen 2:24; and declare what ought to be, and are a prophecy of what should be; and are observed against polygamy, and to stir up mutual affection; See Gill on Mat 19:5.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For this cause - Ἀντὶ τόυτου Anti toutou. This verse is a quotation from Gen 2:24, and contains the account of the institution of marriage. The meaning of the phrase rendered “for this cause” is, “answerably to this;” or corresponding to this - that is, to what Paul had just said of the union of believers and the Redeemer. On the meaning of this verse, see the notes on Mat 19:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In natural marriage, husband and wife combine the elements of one perfect human being: the one being incomplete without the other. So Christ, as God-man, is pleased to make the Church, the body, a necessary adjunct to Himself, the Head. He is the archetype of the Church, from whom and according to whom, as the pattern, she is formed.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀντὶ	anti	Because of	G473 →
τούτου	toutou	this	G3778 →
καταλείψει	kataleipsei	will leave	G2641 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	father	G3962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
μητέρα	mētera	mother	G3384 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσκολληθήσεται	proskollēthēsetai	will be joined	G4347 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
γυναῖκα	gunaika	wife	G1135 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of him,	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔσονται	esontai	will be	G1510 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
σάρκα	sarka	flesh	G4561 →
μίαν.	mian	one.	G1520 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
leads to
- Matthew 19:3–9
  Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Ephesians 5:28–31
  In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
- Mark 10:6–12
  However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
- Romans 7:2
  For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- 1 Peter 3:1–7
  Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Through
Matthew 19:5
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’?
leads to
- Genesis 2:21–24
  So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- 1 Corinthians 7:4
  The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
Through
1 Corinthians 6:16
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.”
leads to
- Genesis 2:24
  For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Ephesians

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ephesians