⁵ 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’^[a]?^(A)

¹⁶ Do you not 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.”^[a](A)

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](A) 32} This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. ³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife^(B) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.