one flesh

Noun

Meaning

one flesh (uncountable)

(idiomatic) Two people united by marriage.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

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." Source: Internet

Although the New Testament is largely silent on polygamy, some point to Jesus's repetition of the earlier scriptures, noting that a man and a wife "shall become one flesh". Source: Internet

A possible interpretation of Genesis 1:26 is that God's relationships in the Trinity are mirrored in man by the ideal relationship between husband and wife, two persons becoming one flesh, as described in Eve 's creation later in the next chapter. Source: Internet

He believed that marital relations coarsened the body and the soul and would dull their spiritual senses and avert the Holy Spirit since husband and wife became one flesh once married. Source: Internet

For, as it is written, 'The two will become one flesh. Source: Internet

For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup unto union with His blood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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