Ephesians 5:31-32

5:31 For 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.

[5:31]  ¹ tn Grk “the two shall be as one flesh.”

[5:31]  ² sn A quotation from Gen 2:24.

[5:32]  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.