Ephesians 5:31

For this cause - Ἀντὶ τόυτου 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,…

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…

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…

For this cause, &c. The Gr. in this verse is practically identical with that of Gen 2:24. We may reverently infer that the Apostle was guided to see in that verse a Divine parable of the Coming Forth…