Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. New Living Translation This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. English Standard Version This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. Berean Standard Bible This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. Berean Literal Bible This mystery is great; but I speak as to Christ and as to the church. King James Bible This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. New King James Version This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. New American Standard Bible This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. NASB 1995 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. NASB 1977 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Legacy Standard Bible This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. Amplified Bible This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church. Christian Standard Bible This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. Holman Christian Standard Bible This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. American Standard Version This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. Contemporary English Version This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church. English Revised Version This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is a great mystery. (I'm talking about Christ's relationship to the church.) Good News Translation There is a deep secret truth revealed in this scripture, which I understand as applying to Christ and the church. International Standard Version This is a great secret, but I am talking about the Messiah and the church. Majority Standard Bible This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. NET Bible This mystery is great--but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. New Heart English Bible This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the church. Webster's Bible Translation This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Weymouth New Testament That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church. World English Bible This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionthis secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the Assembly; Berean Literal Bible This mystery is great; but I speak as to Christ and as to the church. Young's Literal Translation this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly; Smith's Literal Translation This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThis is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church. Catholic Public Domain Version This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church. New American Bible This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. New Revised Standard Version This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and his church. Aramaic Bible in Plain English This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about The Messiah and about his church. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentGreat is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church. Godbey New Testament This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. Haweis New Testament This mystery is great: but I am speaking with regard to Christ, and with regard to the church. Mace New Testament these words contain a very mystical sense, I mean in reference to Christ and the church. Weymouth New Testament That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church. Worrell New Testament This mystery is great; but I am speaking of Christ and of the assembly. Worsley New Testament This mystery is great: but I speak concerning Christ and the Church. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Wives and Husbands…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.” 32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.… Cross References Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Revelation 19:7-9 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. Matthew 19:5-6 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’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” 1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit. Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence. John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ. / For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. Romans 7:4 Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth. Hosea 2:19-20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” Jeremiah 31:31-32 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. Ezekiel 16:8 Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD. Psalm 45:10-11 Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house, / and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord. Song of Solomon 4:7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw. Treasury of Scripture This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. a great. Ephesians 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, Colossians 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 1 Timothy 3:8,16 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; … speak. Psalm 45:9-17 Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir… Song of Solomon 1:1-8:14 The song of songs, which is Solomon's… Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. Jump to Previous Assembly Christ Church Great Hitherto Kept Mean Mystery Profound Reference Refers Regard Secret Speak Speaking Talking Truth WordsJump to Next Assembly Christ Church Great Hitherto Kept Mean Mystery Profound Reference Refers Regard Secret Speak Speaking Talking Truth WordsEphesians 5 1. After general exhortations to love;3. to flee sexual immorality; 4. and all uncleanness; 7. not to converse with the wicked; 15. to walk carefully; 18. and to be filled with the Spirit; 22. he descends to the particular duties, how wives ought to obey their husbands; 25. and husbands ought to love their wives, 32. even as Christ does his church. This mystery The word "mystery" in Greek is "mysterion," which refers to something that was once hidden but is now revealed. In the context of Ephesians, Paul often uses "mystery" to describe the divine truths that were previously unknown but have been made known through Christ. This particular mystery is profound, indicating its deep spiritual significance. Historically, the concept of mystery in the Greco-Roman world often related to secret religious rites, but Paul redefines it to mean the revealed truth of God's plan for humanity. is profound but I am speaking about Christ and the church Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thisτοῦτο (touto) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. mystery μυστήριον (mystērion) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3466: From a derivative of muo; a secret or 'mystery'. is ἐστίν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. profound, μέγα (mega) Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. but δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. am speaking λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. about εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. Christ Χριστὸν (Christon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. church. ἐκκλησίαν (ekklēsian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1577: From a compound of ek and a derivative of kaleo; a calling out, i.e. a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation. Links Ephesians 5:32 NIVEphesians 5:32 NLT Ephesians 5:32 ESV Ephesians 5:32 NASB Ephesians 5:32 KJV Ephesians 5:32 BibleApps.com Ephesians 5:32 Biblia Paralela Ephesians 5:32 Chinese Bible Ephesians 5:32 French Bible Ephesians 5:32 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is great but I speak (Ephes. Eph. Ep) |
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