Ephesians 5:27

to make it vnto him selfe a glorious congregacion with oute spot or wrynckle or eny soche thinge: but that it shuld be holy and with out blame.

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In The King James Version

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

In Context

26to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water thorow the worde

28So ought men to love their wyves as their awne bodyes. He that loveth his wyfe loveth him sylfe.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:2For I am gelous over you with godly gelousy. For I coupled you to one man to make you a chaste virgen to Christ.

Colossians 1:22in the body of his flesshe thorowe deeth to make you holy vnblameable and with out faut in his awne syght

1 Thessalonians 5:23The very God of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete soulse and body be kept fautlesse vnto the comynge of oure Lorde Iesus 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 →

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