Ephesians 5:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G473} this cause{G5127} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother,{G3384} and{G2532} shall cleave{G4347} to{G4314} his{G846} wife;{G1135} and{G2532} the two{G1417} shall{G2071} become{G1519} one{G1520} flesh.{G4561}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G473} this cause{G5127} shall{G2641} a man{G444} leave{G2641}{(G5692)} his{G846} father{G3962} and{G2532} mother{G3384}, and{G2532} shall be joined{G4347}{(G5701)} unto{G4314} his{G846} wife{G1135}, and{G2532} they two{G1417} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} one{G1519}{G3391} flesh{G4561}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cotinue with his wyfe and two shalbe made one flesshe.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:24 : 24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
  • Matt 19:5 : 5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
  • Mark 10:7-8 : 7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,' 8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'
  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 19:4-7
    4 verses
    94%

    4 He answered, "Have you not read that the Creator, from the beginning, made them male and female?"

    5 And he said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

    6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

    7 They said to him, "Why then did Moses command that a certificate of divorce be given and the woman sent away?"

  • Gen 2:22-25
    4 verses
    93%

    22 Then the LORD God formed the rib He had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man.

    23 The man said, 'This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman," for she was taken out of man.'

    24 For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

    25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

  • Mark 10:6-9
    4 verses
    92%

    6 'But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.'

    7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,'

    8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.'

    9 'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.'

  • Eph 5:32-33
    2 verses
    87%

    32 This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

    33 However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • Eph 5:27-30
    4 verses
    83%

    27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29 For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

    30 because we are members of His body.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-18
    4 verses
    79%

    15 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

    16 Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

    17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

    18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

  • Eph 5:22-25
    4 verses
    75%

    22 Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

    23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

    24 As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

    25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2 But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

    3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

    4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 To the married I give this command—not I, but the Lord: A wife must not separate from her husband.

    11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

  • Mark 10:11
    71%

    11 He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

  • Deut 24:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house.

    2 When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.

  • Mal 2:15
    71%

    15 Did not God make them one, with a portion of His spirit in their union? And what was the one seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

  • Gen 2:18
    70%

    18 Then the LORD God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is suitable for him.'

  • 1 Cor 11:11
    69%

    11 Nevertheless, in the Lord, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

  • Prov 5:18
    69%

    18 May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

  • Heb 13:4
    69%

    4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

  • Matt 19:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

    10 The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • Rom 12:5
    68%

    5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    68%

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

  • Luke 18:29
    68%

    29 Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • Luke 16:18
    68%

    18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.