Ephesians 5:29 · KJV
"For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:"
King James Version
What does Ephesians 5:29 mean? →Passage 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.
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