Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
1770 John Worsley NT
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 Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
Cross References
John 15:3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 17:7They now know that all things whatsoever Thou hast given me, are indeed from Thee;
Acts 22:16And now why shouldst thou delay? Arise and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling upon the name of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye 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 →