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.


In Context

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

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

30 Because 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 cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

32 This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife 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 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;'

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.