Ephesians 5:26
in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
In Context
25Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
Cross References
John 15:3Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you.
John 17:7Now they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.
Acts 22:16And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'
1 Corinthians 6:11And all this describes what some of you were. But now you have had every stain washed off: now you have been set apart as holy: now you have been pronounced free from guilt; in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and through 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 →