Ephesians 5:26

so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,

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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, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,

27so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:9And I washed you with water, and I cleansed you of your blood. And I anointed you with oil.

Zechariah 13:1In that day, there will be a fountain open to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for the washing of the transgressor and of the defiled woman.

John 15:3You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you.

John 17:7Now they realize that all the things that you have given me are from you.

Acts 22:16And now, why do you delay? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, by invoking his name.’

1 Corinthians 6:11And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ 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 →

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