NEW TESTAMENT

Ephesians 5:32

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This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.

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Verse 32. This … sacrament, (or mystery) … in Christ, and in the Church. This sacrament, in construction, must be referred to what immediately went before, that is to the conjunction of marriage betwixt man and wife; and this is called a great sacrament, or mystery, as representing the union or spiritual nuptials of Christ with his spouse, the Church. Witham.

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