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Ephesians 5:29

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

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  1. Ephesians 5:27

    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.

  2. Ephesians 5:28

    So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

  3. Ephesians 5:30

    For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  4. Ephesians 5:31

    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.

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