Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
World English Bible
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, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:9“‘“Then I washed you with water. Yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
Zechariah 13:1“In that day there will be a fountain opened to David’s house and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
John 15:3You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
John 17:7Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,
Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
1 Corinthians 6:11Some of you were such, but you were washed. You were sanctified. You were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 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 →