5:31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become 1 one flesh. 2 5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually 3 speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
1 tnGrk “the two shall be as one flesh.”
2 sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.
3 tn The term “actually” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to bring out the heightened sense of the statement.