Nourisheth (εκτρεφε). Old compound with perfective sense of εκ (to nourish up to maturity and on). In N.T. only here and 6:4.

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh. This is urged as an argument for why a man should love his wife and show kindness to her. Just as…

His own flesh—i.e., as above (Ephesians 5:28), his own body. There are two parts of the natural care…

What a wonderful expression! To think that we, poor creatures that we are, should be in this way joined to Christ by a marriage union, even by a vi…

The apostle appeals to a self-evident fact. It will hardly be denied that no one ever hates his or her own body (Genesis 2:23; [Referen…

Even as Christ the church. He proceeds to enforce the obligations of marriage by representing to us Christ and his Church; for a more powe…

For no man ever yet hated his own flesh
This is unnatural, contrary to the first principles of nature; see ([Referen…

The duty of wives is submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The dut…