Ephesians 5:26

in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

27in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

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Cross References

John 15:3So ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

John 17:7now they know that all things so many as thou hast given to me are with thee:

Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? arising, be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on His name.

1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but you have washed, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 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 →

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