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Source language
Original Greek   
οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ⸀Χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν,
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
oudeis gar pote ten eautou sarka emisesen, alla ektrephei kai thalpei auten, kathos kai o rKhristos ten ekklesian,

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit sed nutrit et fovet eam sicut et Christus ecclesiam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Authorized (King James) Version   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
New King James Version   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
21st Century King James Version   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For no man ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cares for his own, just as The Messiah does also for his church.
Darby Bible Translation   
For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
God's Word   
No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
International Standard Version   
For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.
NET Bible   
For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,
New American Standard Bible   
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
New International Version   
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church--
New Living Translation   
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Weymouth New Testament   
For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;
The World English Bible   
For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;
EasyEnglish Bible   
There is nobody who hates his own body. Everyone feeds his body and he takes care of it. In the same way, the church is like Christ's body that he takes care of.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,
New Life Version   
No man hates himself. He takes care of his own body. That is the way Christ does. He cares for His body which is the church.
Revised Geneva Translation   
For no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord does the Church.
The Voice Bible   
No one really hates his own body; he takes care to feed and love it, just as the Anointed takes care of His church,
Living Bible   
No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just as Christ cares for his body the Church, of which we are parts.
New Catholic Bible   
For no one ever hates his own body; rather, he nourishes it and cares for it, even as Christ does for the Church,
Legacy Standard Bible   
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it even as the Lord with his congregation. {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones}
Christian Standard Bible   
For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
New Century Version   
No one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church,
The Message   
No one abuses his own body, does he? No, he feeds and pampers it. That’s how Christ treats us, the church, since we are part of his body. And this is why a man leaves father and mother and cherishes his wife. No longer two, they become “one flesh.” This is a huge mystery, and I don’t pretend to understand it all. What is clearest to me is the way Christ treats the church. And this provides a good picture of how each husband is to treat his wife, loving himself in loving her, and how each wife is to honor her husband.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
To be sure, no one has ever hated his own body, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
for no one ever hates · his own body but nourishes and takes care of it, just as · · Christ does the church,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
New Matthew Bible   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but cares for and cherishes it, even as the Lord does the congregation.
Good News Translation®   
( None of us ever hate our own bodies. Instead, we feed them, and take care of them, just as Christ does the church;
Wycliffe Bible   
for no man hated ever his own flesh, but nourisheth and fostereth it, as [and] Christ doeth the church.
New Testament for Everyone   
After all, nobody ever hates his own flesh: he feeds it and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does with the church,
Contemporary English Version   
None of us hate our own bodies. We provide for them and take good care of them, just as Christ does for the church,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Men ought to give their wives the love they naturally have for their own bodies. The love a man gives his wife is the extending of his love for himself to enfold her. Nobody ever hates or neglects his own body; he feeds and looks after it. And that is what Christ does for his body, the Church. And we are all members of that body, we are his flesh and blood! ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’. The marriage relationship is doubtless a great mystery, but I am speaking of something deeper still—the marriage of Christ and his Church. In practice what I have said amounts to this: let every one of you who is a husband love his wife as he loves himself; let the wife reverence her husband.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For no one ever hates his own flesh, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
Common English Bible © 2011   
No one ever hates his own body, but feeds it and takes care of it just like Christ does for the church
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church,
New American Standard Bible   
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
The Expanded Bible   
[L For] No one ever hates his own ·body [T flesh], but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church,
Tree of Life Version   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it—just as Messiah also does His community,
Revised Standard Version   
For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
New International Reader's Version   
After all, no one ever hated their own body. Instead, they feed and care for their body. And this is what Christ does for the church.
BRG Bible   
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Complete Jewish Bible   
Why, no one ever hated his own flesh! On the contrary, he feeds it well and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does the Messianic Community,
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
No one ever hated his own body. But he feeds it and takes care of it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For no one ever hates his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For no one ever had sin’as chinom for his own basar but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach also does the Brit Chadasha Kehillah,
Names of God Bible   
No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church.
Modern English Version   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord cares for the church.
Easy-to-Read Version   
because no one ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church
International Children’s Bible   
No person ever hates his own body, but feeds and takes care of it. And that is what Christ does for the church,
Lexham English Bible   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ does the church,
New International Version - UK   
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church –
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For no one ever hated his own flesh, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,