Ephesians 5:26
That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
In Context
25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:9Then washed I thee with water: yea, I washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oyle.
Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountaine opened to the house of Dauid, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, for sinne and for vncleannesse.
John 15:3Nowe are ye cleane through the worde, which I haue spoken vnto you.
John 17:7Nowe they knowe that all things whatsoeuer thou hast giuen me, are of thee.
Acts 22:16Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the Name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but yee are washed, but yee are sanctified, but yee are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus, 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 →