Efésios 5
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Efésios 5:27
By the same bath of regeneration and water of sanctification all sins of the redeemed are cleansed and healed, not only those which are pardoned at this time in baptism but also those that are subsequently contracted by human infirmity or ignorance. — ON MARRIAGE AND CONCUPISCENCE 1.38
Efésios 5:28
The example proceeds to wives from the church and to husbands from Christ.… He urges the husbands on the basis of something inferior, namely, their own body, not only from the superior, that is, their Lord. — On Continence 23
Efésios 5:31
If Christ cleaved to the church so that they became one flesh, in what way did he "leave" his Father? In what way did he "leave" his mother? He left his Father in the sense that, when he was in the form of God he … emptied himself, assuming the form of a slave. … That means that he left the Father, not by deserting him or withdrawing from him but by coming to humanity in a lowly form in which he temporarily divested his glory with the Father. — TRACTATE ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 9.10
Efésios 5:32
The apostle speaks of a great mystery in the relation of Christ and the church. That which is great in respect of Christ and the church may seem less auspicious in the relation between husbands and wives. But in marriage it still represents the mystery of an inseparable bond. — ON MARRIAGE AND CONCUPISCENCE 1.23