Ephesians 5:26
That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
In Context
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:9And I bathed thee in water, and rinsed thy blood from off thee, And anointed thee with oil;
Zechariah 13:1In that day, there shall be an opened fountain, for the house of David, and for the Inhabitants of Jerusalem,—for sin and for uncleanness.
John 15:3Already, ye, are, pure, because of the word which I have spoken unto you:
John 17:7Now, have they come to know, That, all things, as many as thou gavest me, are, from thee;
Acts 22:16And, now, what art thou going to do? Arise, and get thyself immersed, and have thy sins bathed away, calling upon his name.
1 Corinthians 6:11And, these things, were some of you; but ye bathed them away,—but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified, in the name of [our] 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 →