For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
31. For this cause. This is an exact quotation from the writings of Moses. (Genesis 2:24.) And what does it mean? As Eve was formed out of the substance of her husband, and thus was a part of himself; so, if we are the true members of Christ, we share his substance, and by this intercourse unite into one body.
All Christians owe one another mutual submission in reverence for God, yielding and not lording it over each other. Where this spirit rules, husbands and wives will discharge their duties well: the church's submission to Christ teaches wives their part, and Christ's love teaches husbands theirs.
AI summary
Commenting on Ephesians 5:21-33
Verse 31. For this cause. αντιτουτου. This verse is a quotation from , and contains the account of the institution of marriage. The meaning of the phrase rendered "for this cause," is, "answerably to this;" or corresponding to this--that is, to what Paul had just said of the union of believers and the Redeemer. On the meaning of this verse, .