Ephesians 5:27

that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having blemish, nor wrinkle, nor any such things; but that it may be holy and unblameable.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

26that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver of water by the word,

28So ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.

Colossians 1:22by the body of his flesh, through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and irreprehensible in his presence:

1 Thessalonians 5:23Now the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body be preserved faultless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 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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