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Ephesians 5:29 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 5 · verse 29
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:Ephesians 5:29 · King James Version
Ephesians 5:29 in context
27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nourishethektrephōto nourish up to maturity, to nourish, to nurture, bring upG1625 →
- cherisheththalpōto warm, keep warm, to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender careG2282 →
- hatedmiseōto hate, pursue with hatred, detest, to be hated, detestedG3404 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-33