Ephesians 5:29–30
The NET BibleOther versions
English
- NET The NET Bible
- DARBY 1890 Darby Bible
- ASV American Standard Version
- AV 1873 The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version
- CSB Christian Standard Bible
- D-R Douay-Rheims Bible
- ESV English Standard Version
- GW GOD’S WORD Translation
- GNB Good News Translation
- HCSB The Holman Christian Standard Bible
- KJV 1900 King James Version
- LSB Legacy Standard Bible
- LEB The Lexham English Bible
- MSG The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
- NASB95 New American Standard Bible (1995)
- NCV New Century Version
- NIrV New International Reader’s Version (1998)
- NIV New International Version (2011)
- NKJV The New King James Version
- NLT New Living Translation
- NRSVue New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition
- RSV The Revised Standard Version
- RSVCE The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Arabic
Czech
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Latin
Portuguese
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish
Traditional Chinese
5:29For no one has ever hated his own body38 but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, 5:30for we are members of his body.39
Footnotes
- 38 Grk “flesh.”
- 39 Most Western witnesses, as well as the majority of Byzantine and a few others (א2 D F G Ψ 0278 0285vid 𝔐 lat), add the following words to the end of the verse: ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ (ek tēs sarkos autou kai ek tōn osteōn autou, “of his body and of his bones”). This is a (slightly modified) quotation from Gen 2:23a (). The Alexandrian text is solidly behind the shorter reading (𝔓46 א* A B 048 33 81 1739* 1881 ). Although it is possible that an early scribe’s eye skipped over the final αὐτοῦ, there is a much greater likelihood that a scribe added the Genesis quotation in order to fill out and make explicit the author’s incomplete reference to Gen 2:23. Further, on intrinsic grounds, it seems unlikely that the author would refer to the physical nature of creation when speaking of the “body of Christ” which is spiritual or mystical. Hence, as is often the case with OT quotations, the scribal clarification missed the point the author was making; the shorter reading stands as original.
The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his body.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church, since we are members of his body.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church. And we are members of his body.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church, because we are members of his body.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Public Domain