Cross references
Ephesians 5:31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- a Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)
Ephesians 5:31 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 2:24 (20 votes) and Matthew 19:5 (16 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 2 to Revelation 21.
Which verses does Ephesians 5:31 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Genesis 2:2420 votes
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- Matthew 19:516 votes
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
- Mark 10:7–814 votes
‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- 1 Corinthians 6:167 votes
Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
Which verses point to Ephesians 5:31?
The 10 strongest of 19.