Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ephesians 5:29

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29. For —Supply, and we all love ourselves: "For no man," c. his own flesh — ( :- , end). nourisheth — Greek, "nourisheth it up," namely, to maturity. "Nourisheth," refers to food and internal sustenance "cherisheth," to clothing and external fostering. even as —Translate, "even as also." the Lord —The oldest manuscripts read, "Christ." :- prescribes three duties to the husband. The two former (food and raiment) are here alluded to in a spiritual sense, by "nourisheth and cherisheth"; the third "duty of marriage" is not added in consonance with the holy propriety of Scripture language: its antitype is, "know the Lord" ( Hosea 2:19 ; Hosea 2:20 ) [BENGEL]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-30" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-eph-5-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/eph-5-29

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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