Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word;
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;
Cross References
John 15:3Ye henceforth are clean, on account of the discourse I have held with you.
John 17:7Now I have known, that whatever thou hast given me, was from thee.
Acts 22:16And now, why delayest thou? Arise, be baptized, and be cleansed from thy sins, while thou invokest his name.
1 Corinthians 6:11And these things have been in some of you: but ye are washed, and are sanctified, and made righteous, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, 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 →