Ephesians 5
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A fragment showing Ephesians 4:16-29 on recto side of Papyrus 49 from the third century.
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| Book | Epistle to the Ephesians |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 10 |
| Category | Pauline epistles |
Ephesians 5 is the fifth chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It is authored by Paul the Apostle.
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
It is a common saying with the Jews, that a man's wife is (wpwgk), "as his own body"; and it is one of the precepts of their wise men, that a man should honour his wife more than his body, (wpwgk hbhaw), and "love her as his body"; for as they also say, they are but one body; the apostle seems to speak in the language of his countrymen; however, his doctrine and theirs agree in this point: wherefore
because she is one body and flesh with him.
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