Ephesians 5:29

for no one ever hates his own person, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ does with the church,

Matthew 23:37

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

John 6:50-58

But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die.

Romans 1:31

conscienceless, treacherous, unloving, and unpitying.

Ephesians 5:31

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

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Summary

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

Bible References

Hated

Ephesians 5:31
Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.
Romans 1:31
conscienceless, treacherous, unloving, and unpitying.

Nourisheth

Matthew 23:37
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!
John 6:50
But here is bread that comes down out of heaven, and no one who eats it will ever die.