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# as their own bodies
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That people love their own bodies may be stated explicitly. AT: "as husbands love their own bodies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# but nourishes
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"but feeds"
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# we are members of his body
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Here Paul speaks of the close union of believers with Christ as if they were part of his own body, for which he would naturally care. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]