Ephesians 5:31
Good News Translation
As the scripture says, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one."

New Revised Standard Version
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Contemporary English Version
As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife."

New American Bible
“For this reason a man shall leave [his] father and [his] mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Genesis 2:24 Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Matthew 19:5 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

Mark 10:7,8 For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:16 Or know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

Context
Wives and Husbands
30Because we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones. 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. 32This is a great sacrament: but I speak in Christ and in the church.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:24
Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Matthew 19:5
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

Mark 10:7
For this cause, a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife.

1 Corinthians 6:16
Or know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is made one body? For they shall be, saith he, two in one flesh.

Ephesians 5:32
This is a great sacrament: but I speak in Christ and in the church.

Ephesians 5:30
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