For, &c. From Genesis 2:24. See App-107.
cause. Omit.
man. App-123.
shall be. shall.
joined. cleave. Greek. proskoollaomai. Occurs elsewhere, Matthew 19:5.Mark 10:7; Acts 5:36.
they. the.
shall be one flesh. Men and their wives being "one flesh",. man ought to love his wife, inasmuch as she is himself, as Christ loves His own body, the church. The apostle does not once hint that Christ is the husband, or that the church is the wife, but uses the "great mystery" of Ephesians 5:32 in regard to the reciprocal obligations of husband and wife.
one. for (Greek. eis. App-104.) one. Does this suggest one, in the offspring?