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Ephesians 5:31

King James Version (KJV)

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Ephesians 5:31

Verse 31 of 33

Scripture focus

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.

Ephesians 5:31 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ephesians 5:31

Theological / Devotional

For this cause. A quotation from Gen. 2:24 (see on Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:5).

One flesh. Male and female are complementary, making together, as it were, one perfect being. Any serious contemplation of this thought would prohibit the frivolous manner in which many marriages are contracted, sometimes with the deliberate intention of divorce if they should not work out. God intended that marriage should be a lifelong association, and any society that treats lightly the institution has within it the seeds of its own destruction. The family is too fundamental a unit of society to be tampered with. Christ also desires His union with His people to be everlasting (John 10:28, 29).

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