Ephesians 5:26
so that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the washing of water by the word,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
In Context
25Husbands, love your own wives even as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:9Then I washed thee with water. Yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
John 15:3Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you.
John 17:7Now they know that all things, as many as thou gave me are from thee.
Acts 22:16And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:11And some of you were these things, but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were made righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →