28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

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28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives(A) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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25 (A)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (B)gave Himself for her,

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25 Husbands, love your wives,(A) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(B)

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and said, (A)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and (B)the two shall become one flesh’?

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and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’[a]?(A)

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  1. Matthew 19:5 Gen. 2:24

21 And the Lord God caused a (A)deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He [a]made into a woman, (B)and He (C)brought her to the man.

23 And Adam said:

“This is now (D)bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called [b]Woman,
Because she was (E)taken out of [c]Man.”

24 (F)Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and (G)be[d] joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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  1. Genesis 2:22 Lit. built
  2. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ishshah
  3. Genesis 2:23 Heb. Ish
  4. Genesis 2:24 Lit. cling

21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep;(A) and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[b](B) he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

“This is now bone of my bones
    and flesh of my flesh;(C)
she shall be called(D) ‘woman,’
    for she was taken out of man.(E)

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united(F) to his wife, and they become one flesh.(G)

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  1. Genesis 2:21 Or took part of the man’s side
  2. Genesis 2:22 Or part

33 Nevertheless (A)let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she (B)respects her husband.

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33 However, each one of you also must love his wife(A) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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31 (A)“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the (B)two shall become one flesh.”

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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.”[a](A)

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  1. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24