Ephesians 5:26

in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,

Darby Translation

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 the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,

27that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 16:9And I washed thee with water, and 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 15:3Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 17:7Now they have known that all things that thou hast given me are of thee;

Acts 22:16And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his name.

1 Corinthians 6:11And these things were some of you; but ye have been washed, but ye have been sanctified, but ye have been 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 →

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