Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify her and purify her in the laver of waters and by the word,
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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, as also the Meshiha loved his church, and gave himself for her,
Cross References
John 15:3Now are you clean because of the word which I have spoken with you.
John 17:7Now have they known that whatsoever thou hast given me is from thee.
Acts 22:16And now why delayest thou? Arise, baptize, and be washed from thy sins, while thou callest his Name.
1 Corinthians 6:11And these were some of you but you are washed, and sanctified, and justified in the name of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha, 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 →