Ephesians 5:27
that he might himself present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it may be holy and blameless.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bathing of water in the word,
28So husbands ought to love their 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 espoused you to one husband, that I may present a chaste virgin to Christ.
Colossians 1:22in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and unaccused before him;
1 Thessalonians 5:23And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved whole without blame 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 →