31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.


In Context

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:

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

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Ephesians 5:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31|For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'