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


In Context

28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

29 for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

30 because we are members of his body.

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

32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife'see that she fear 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 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;'

The American King James Version 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.