Ephesians 5:29 meaning and explanation
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
Ephesians 5:29, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking to husbands in a passage about marriage, and here he draws on an everyday observation: no one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it. The Greek word for cherishes, thalpo, means to warm or foster tenderly, like a mother caring for a child.
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