Eph 5:29-30, Rev 19:7 | ISV | STEP | For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as Christ does the church.

‏ Ephesians 5:29-30

29 For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as Christ does ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks does} the church.

30 For we are parts of his body—of his flesh and of his bones. ^{▼▼Other mss. lack of his flesh and of his bones}Gen 2:23; Rom 12:5; 1Cor 6:15; 12:27

because the marriage of the lamb has come

and his bride has made herself ready.