Ephesians 5:26
in order that after cleansing her in the bath of baptism, he might sanctify her by his word,
Montgomery New Testament
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, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
Cross References
John 15:3"Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
John 17:7"They know now that whatever thou hast given me was from thee;
Acts 22:16"‘And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon his name.’
1 Corinthians 6:11Such were some of you, but you have washed away your stains, you have been consecrated, you have been justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 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 →