Ephesians 5:29

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion.

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  • Prov 11:17 : 17 He yt hath a gentle liberall stomacke, is mercifull: but who so hurteth his neghbor, is a tyraut.
  • Eccl 4:5 : 5 The foole foldeth his handes together, & eateth vp his owne flesh.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He shal fede his flock like an hirdman. He shal gather the lambes together with his arme, and carie them in his bosome, & shal kindly intreate those that beare yonge.
  • Ezek 34:14-15 : 14 I will fede them in right good pastures, and vpon the hie mountaynes off Israel shall there foldes be. There shal they lye in a good folde, ad in a fat pasture shall they fede: euen vpon the mountaynes of Israel. 15 I will fede my shepe myselff, and bringe them to their rest, sayeth the LORDE God.
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 O Ierusalem Ierusalem, thou that slayest the prophetes, and stonest them that are sent vnto the: How oft wolde I haue gathered thy children together, euen as the henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges, and ye wolde not?
  • John 6:50-58 : 50 This is that bred which commeth from heauen, that who so eateth therof, shulde not dye. 51 I am that lyuynge bred, which came downe fro heauen: Who so eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer. And the bred that I wil geue, is my flesh which I wil geue for ye life of the worlde. 52 Then stroue the Iewes amonge them selues, and sayde: How ca this folowe geue vs his flesh to eate? 53 Iesus sayde vnto the: Verely verely I saye vnto you: Excepte ye eate ye flesh of ye sonne of man and drynke his bloude, ye haue no life in you. 54 Who so eateth my flesh, and drynketh my bloude, hath euerlastinge life: and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye. 55 For my flesh is ye very meate, and my bloude is ye very drynke. 56 Who so eateth my flesh, and drynketh my bloude, abydeth in me, and I in him. 57 As the lyuynge father hath sent me, and I lyue for the fathers sake: Euen so he that eateth me, shall lyue for my sake. 58 This is ye bred which is come fro heauen: Not as youre fathers ate Manna, and are deed. He that eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer.
  • Rom 1:31 : 31 without vnderstondinge, couenaunt breakers, vnlouynge, stubborne, vnmercifull:
  • Eph 5:31 : 31 For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:
  • Ezek 34:27 : 27 that the trees in the wodde maye bringe forth their frutes, & ye grounde hir increase. They shalbe safe in their londe, and shal knowe, that I am the LORDE, which haue broke their yocke, and delyuered them out of the hondes of those, that helde them in subieccion.

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    22Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE.

    23For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body.

    24Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.

    25Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

    26to sanctifye it, and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde,

    27to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without blame.

    28So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

  • Eph 5:30-33
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    30For we are membres of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

    31For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

    32This is a greate secrete: but I speake of Christ and the congregacion.

    33Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
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    2Neuertheles to avoyde whordome, let euery man haue his awne wife, and let euery woman haue hir awne hussbande.

    3Let the ma geue vnto the wife due beneuolence: likewyse also the wife vnto ye man.

    4The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body, but the hussbande: & likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body, but the wife.

    5Withdrawe not yor selues one fro another, excepte it be with the consent of both for a tyme, that ye maye geue youre selues vnto fastinge and prayer, and the come together agayne, lest Sathan tempte you for yor incontynecye.

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    5& sayde: For this cause shal a ma leaue father & mother, & cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one fleshe.

    6Now are they not twayne then, but one flesh. Let not man therfore put a sunder, yt which God hath coupled together.

  • Gen 2:23-24
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    23Then sayde man: This is once bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was take of man.

    24For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, & they two shalbe one flesh.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE.

    19Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-19
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    15Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mebres of Christ? Shal I now take the membres of Christ, and make them the membres of an harlot? God forbyd.

    16Or do ye not knowe, that he which cleueth vnto an harlot, is one body? For they shalbe two ( sayeth he) in one flesshe.

    17But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE, is one sprete.

    18Fle whordome. All synnes yt a man doth, are without the body. But he that commytteth whordome, synneth agaynst his awne body.

    19Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost? Whom ye haue of God, and are not youre awne?

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    35This I saye for youre profit, not that I wil tangle you in a snare, but for that which is honest and comly vnto you, that ye maye cotynually cleue vnto the LORDE without hynderaunce.

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    18Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wife of thy youth.

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    24For oure honest membres neade it not. But God hath so measured ye body, and geuen most honoure vnto that mebre which had nede,

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    23which is his body, and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all.

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