Ephesians 5:27
in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word,
28So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:2for I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ.
Colossians 1:22by means of death in his fleshly body, that he may present you holy, and without spot, and blameless in his sight;
1 Thessalonians 5:23Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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 →