Ephesians 5:29

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For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:

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Didymus the Blind

AD 398

When the apostle asks “whoever hated his own flesh?” what is meant by flesh? Flesh is to be taken care of, “nourished and fostered.” Flesh here refers to the body yoked to the rational soul, as is clear [from the previous verse].

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

It is all too evident that our bodies have many defects. One is lame, one has crooked feet, another a withered hand, each a weakness in a different member. Nevertheless the person does not complain or cut off the defect. Rather he often treats it better than the other members—and all this quite reasonably, since it is his own. .

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

That is, tends it with exceeding care. And how is she his flesh? Hearken; This now is bone of my bones, says Adam, and flesh of my flesh. Genesis 2:23 For she is made of matter taken from us. And not only so, but also, they shall be, says God, one flesh. Genesis 2:24 Even as Christ also the Church. Here he returns to the former example.

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

How much honour is given to the flesh in the name of the church! "No man "says the apostle, "ever yet hated his own flesh "(except, of course, Marcion alone), "but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord doth the Church."

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Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220

“No one,” he says, “hates his own flesh”— excepting only Marcion, obviously—“but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church.” But you [Marcion] are the only one who hates it, since you deprive it of resurrection. So you also hate the church. But Christ loved the flesh, as seen in his love for the church. The point is that as no man hates his own flesh so he does not hate his own wife but indeed acts to preserve, honor and crown her. .

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