Ephesians 5:31
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.
KJV
ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικί, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
Greek NT
Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam, et adhærebit uxori suæ, et erunt duo in carne una.
Vulgate
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
ASV
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταλείπω
kataleipo
verb · 25×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
προσκολλάω
proskollao
verb · 1×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἀντί
anti
preposition · 22×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Gen 2:24 · exact_quote"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."Genesis: two become one flesh — Paul on marriage as a mystery of Christ and the church
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: τὸν | WH/NIV/RP: τὸν
- τὸν — SBLGNT
- τὸν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πατέρα | WH/Treg/NIV: πατέρα | RP: + αὐτοῦ
- πατέρα — SBLGNT
- πατέρα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τὴν | WH/NIV/RP: τὴν
- τὴν — SBLGNT
- τὴν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τῇ γυναικὶ | Treg: τῇ γυναικὶ | WH/NIV/RP: πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα
- τῇ γυναικὶ — SBLGNT
- τῇ γυναικὶ — Tregelles
- πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Doctrines that cite this verse
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 4 passages
§796The unity of Christ and the Church, head and members of one Body, also implies the distinction of the two within a personal relationship. This aspect is often expressed by the image of bridegroom and bride. the theme of Christ as Bridegroom of the Church was prepared for by the prophets and announced by John the Baptist.234 The Lord referred to himself as the "bridegroom."235 T…
§1602Sacred Scripture begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God and concludes with a vision of "the wedding-feast of the Lamb."85 Scripture speaks throughout of marriage and its "mystery," its institution and the meaning God has given it, its origin and its end, its various realizations throughout the history of salvation, the difficulties arising fr…
§1616This is what the Apostle Paul makes clear when he says: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her," adding at once: "'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one. This is a great mystery, and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church."110
…and 1 more from this source.
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
We believe that there are in the Church Evangelical Mysteries [i.e. Sacraments], and that they are seven. For a less or greater number of the Mysteries we have not in the Church; since any number of the Mysteries other than seven hath no foundation in Scripture, or in the Doctors and Councils of the Church. And these seven are as follows: Baptism, Confirmation (Chrismation), th…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- 1Cor 6:16 — What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
- Eph 5:28 — So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- Eph 5:29 — For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- Gen 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Mark 10:7 — For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Mark 10:7 — For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
- Matt 19:5 — And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Matt 19:5 — And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?