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Efesianëve 5:31
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7, Mark 10:8, 1 Corinthians 6:16
Reciprocal: Judges 8:30 - many wives Luke 20:34 - marry Ephesians 5:28 - as Ephesians 5:29 - hated
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... These words contain the law of marriage, and are cited from Genesis 2:24; and declare what ought to be, and are a prophecy of what should be; and are observed against polygamy, and to stir up mutual affection; Genesis 2:24- :.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For this cause - Ἀντὶ τόυτου Anti toutou. This verse is a quotation from Genesis 2:24, and contains the account of the institution of marriage. The meaning of the phrase rendered “for this cause” is, “answerably to this;” or corresponding to this - that is, to what Paul had just said of the union of believers and the Redeemer. On the meaning of this verse, see the notes on Matthew 19:4. There is no evidence that the marriage connection was originally designed to symbolize or typify this union, but it may be used to illustrate that connection, and to show the strength of the attachment between the Redeemer and his people. The comparison should be confined, however, strictly to the use made of it in the New Testament.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 31. Shall be joined unto his wife — προσκολληθησεται. He shall be glued or cemented to her; and, as a well-glued board will sooner break in the whole wood than in the glued joint, so death alone can part the husband and wife; and nothing but death should dissolve their affection. See Clarke's notes on Genesis 2:21-24.
