Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water through the word,
Revised King James 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 up for her;
Cross References
John 15:3Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
John 17:7Now they know that all things that you have given me are from you.
Acts 22:16And now why do you delay? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 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 →