Ephesians 5:29

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

Ephesians 5:29 In-Context

27 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.
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 him, 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.
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