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."


In Context

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church--

30 for we are members of his body.

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."

32 This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect 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 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;'

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.