That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,(Ephesians 5:26)

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.(Ephesians 5:27)

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.(Ephesians 5:28)

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.(Ephesians 5:30)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.(Ephesians 5:31)

This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.(Ephesians 5:32)

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Ephesians 5:29 - Cross Reference

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. (Ezekiel 34:14)

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (Isaiah 40:11)

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. (John 6:50)

Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: (Romans 1:31)

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. (Ephesians 5:31)

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! (Matthew 23:37)

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. (Proverbs 11:17)

And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. (Ezekiel 34:27)

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. (Ecclesiastes 4:5)