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Ephesians 5:27-29
New English Translation
Ephesians 5:27-29
New English Translation
27 so that he[a] may present the church to himself as glorious—not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.[b] 28 In the same way[c] husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one has ever hated his own body,[d] but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
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- Ephesians 5:27 tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.
- Ephesians 5:27 tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”
- Ephesians 5:28 tn Grk “So also.”
- Ephesians 5:29 tn Grk “flesh.”
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