Ephesians 5:27
That he might present her to himself a glorious church, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Revised King James New Testament
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In Context
26That he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water through the word,
28So husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:2For I am jealous of you with a godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I might present you to Christ as a pure virgin.
Colossians 1:22He has now reconciled in his body of flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight:
1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless at 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 →