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Ephesians 5:31

WEB

31For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”

KJV

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.

BSB

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.”

FBV

31This is why a man leaves his father and mother, and is joined to his wife, and the two are united in one.”

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References

Genesis 2:24
24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Extra References

Genesis 2:24

24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.


Matthew 19:5

5and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?


Mark 10:7-8

7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8and the two will become one flesh,so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.


1 Corinthians 6:16

16Or don’t you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, “The two”, he says, “will become one flesh.”