Ephesians 5:27

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

In Context

26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

28so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

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Cross References

Psalms 87:3Honourable things are spoken in Thee, O city of God. Selah.

Isaiah 60:15Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.

Jeremiah 33:9And it hath been to Me for a name of joy, For praise, and for beauty, to all nations of the earth, Who hear of all the good that I am doing them, And they have feared, And they have trembled for all the good, And for all the peace, that I am doing to it.

2 Corinthians 11:2for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,

Colossians 1:22in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,

1 Thessalonians 5:23and the God of the peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your whole spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved unblameably in the presence 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 →

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