“For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ephesians 5 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.