Ephesians 5:31

New Living Translation

As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

King James Version (1611)
For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and shall be ioyned vnto his wife, and they two shalbe one flesh.

King James Version
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.

English Standard Version
"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

New American Standard Bible
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

New Century Version
The Scripture says, "So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

Legacy Standard Bible
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

Berean Standard Bible
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Contemporary English Version
As the Scriptures say, "A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife."

Complete Jewish Bible
"Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and remain with his wife, and the two will become one."

Darby Translation
Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Scriptures say, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and join his wife, and the two people will become one."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

George Lamsa Translation
For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

Good News Translation
As the scripture says, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one."

Lexham English Bible
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

Literal Translation
"For this, a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh." Gen. 2:24

Amplified Bible
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED [and be faithfully devoted] TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

American Standard Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Bible in Basic English
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

Hebrew Names Version
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

International Standard Version
"That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24">[fn]Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7-8; 1 Corinthians 6:16;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two become one flesh.

Murdock Translation
For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should be one flesh.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe.

English Revised Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

World English Bible
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh.

Weymouth's New Testament
"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

Update Bible Version
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.

Webster's Bible Translation
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

New English Translation
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

New King James Version
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Genesis 2:24">[fn]

New Life Bible
For this reason, a man must leave his father and mother when he gets married and be joined to his wife. The two become one.

New Revised Standard
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they two, shall become, one flesh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh.

Revised Standard Version
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cotinue with his wyfe and two shalbe made one flesshe.

Young's Literal Translation
`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleue vnto his wife, and they two shal be one flesh:

Mace New Testament (1729)
the scripture says, "for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and they two shall be as one."

Simplified Cowboy Version
The Good Book says, "A man rides off from his mom and pop and makes a new life with his wife. The two of them become like one."

Contextual Overview

²¹ And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. ²² For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. ²³ For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. ²⁴ As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. ²⁵ For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her ²⁶ to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God's word. ²⁷ He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. ²⁸ In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. ²⁹ No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. ³⁰ And we are members of his body.

Bible Verse Review
  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.