Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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 wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,
Cross References
John 15:3Now are you pure, through the word which I have spoken to you.
John 17:7Now they know that all things that thou hast given me are from thee;
Acts 22:16And now, why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by 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 →