Bible verse
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
Ephesians 5:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ephesians 5.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 For we are members of His body.
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
KJV
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
ASV
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
ERV
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
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