Ephesians 5:29

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,.... These words contain the law of marriage, and are cited from Gen 2:24; and declare what ought to be, and are a prophecy of what should be;…

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh - This is urged as an argument why a man should love his wife and show kindness to her. As no man disregards the happiness of his own body, or himself, so he…

No man ever yet hated his own flesh - And this is a natural reason why he should love his wife, and nourish and cherish her.

Here the apostle begins his exhortation to the discharge of relative duties. As a general foundation for these duties, he lays down that rule Eph 5:21. There is a mutual submission that Christians owe…

noman ever under normal conditions. True, in a distorted mental state a man may "hate his own flesh." And in obedience to the will of God a man may so act as to be saidto hate it; to choose that it…