Ephesians 5:31

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.
  • Matt 19:5 : 5 And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.
  • Mark 10:7-8 : 7 For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife. 8 And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.
  • 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.

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  • Matt 19:4-7
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    4And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,

    5And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.

    6Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

    7They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away?

  • Gen 2:22-25
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    22And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man.

    23Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

    24Therefore shall man leaue his father and his mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they shall be one flesh.

    25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

  • Mark 10:6-9
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    6But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female:

    7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

    8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

    9Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.

  • Eph 5:32-33
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    32This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.

    33Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.

  • Eph 5:27-30
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    27That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.

    28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

    29For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.

    30For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  • 1 Cor 6:15-18
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    15Knowe yee not, that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

    16Doe ye not knowe, that he which coupleth himselfe with an harlot, is one body? for two, sayeth he, shalbe one flesh.

    17But hee that is ioyned vnto the Lorde, is one spirite.

    18Flee fornication: euery sinne that a man doeth, is without the bodie: but hee that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne bodie.

  • Eph 5:22-25
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    22Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.

    23For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.

    24Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbads in euery thing.

    25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.

    32But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

  • 1 Cor 7:2-5
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    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

    3Let the husbande giue vnto the wife due beneuolence, and likewise also the wife vnto the husband.

    4The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

    5Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

  • Mark 10:11
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    11And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

  • Deut 24:1-2
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    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

  • Mal 2:15
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    15And did not hee make one? yet had hee abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seede: therefore keepe your selues in your spirit, & let none trespasse against the wife of his youth.

  • Gen 2:18
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    18Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Neuertheles, neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord.

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Prov 5:18
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    18Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

  • Heb 13:4
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    4Mariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.

  • Matt 19:9-10
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    9I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.

    10Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Rom 12:5
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    5So we being many are one body in Christ, and euery one, one anothers members.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
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    27Art thou bounde vnto a wife? Seeke not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? Seeke not a wife.

  • Deut 22:30
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    30No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.

  • Luke 18:29
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    29And he said vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the kingdome of Gods sake,

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adulterie.