Ephesians Chapter 5, Verse 31
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31: αντι τουτου καταλειψει ανθρωπος τον πατερα αυτου και την μητερα και προσκολληθησεται προς την γυναικα αυτου και εσονται οι δυο εις σαρκα μιαν
31: 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.
31: 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.
For this cause. anti toutou. This verse is a quotation from Gen 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 "Mt 19:6".
There is no evidence that the marriage connexion was originally designed to symbolize or typify this union, but it may be used to illustrate that connexion, and to show the strength of the attachment be- tween the Redeemer and his people. The comparison should be confined, however, strictly to the use made of it in the New Testament.
