Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Ephesians 5:30

"because we are members of his body." — Ephesians 5:30 (ASV)

The reason why Christ thus cares for the church is now made clear. It is because Christians are living parts of his body. In 4:25 Paul has dealt with the relationship of the members to one another individually. Here he is concerned with their relationship to the whole. Earlier in the letter he has spoken about the church as a body whose head is Christ (1:22–23; 4:12, 16). Here he stresses the closeness of the Christian’s communion with Christ as a part of himself, just as the branches are part of the vine.