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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ephesians 5:29 - 5:29
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For - Supply, and we all love ourselves: “For no man,” etc.
his own flesh - (Eph 5:31, end).
nourisheth - Greek, “nourisheth it up,” namely, to maturity. “Nourisheth,” refers to food and internal sustenance; “cherisheth,” to clothing and external fostering.
even as - Translate, “even as also.”
the Lord - The oldest manuscripts read, “Christ.” Exo 21:10 prescribes three duties to the husband. The two former (food and raiment) are here alluded to in a spiritual sense, by “nourisheth and cherisheth”; the third “duty of marriage” is not added in consonance with the holy propriety of Scripture language: its antitype is, “know the Lord” (Hos 2:19, Hos 2:20) [Bengel].