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Ephesians 5:26

PurityGod's word

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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BSB
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
KJV
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
WEB
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
ASV
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
DARBY
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,
BLB
so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed [her] by the washing of water in the word,
ÅB
for å hellige den, idet han renset den ved vannbadet i ordet,
OTB
for å hellige henne, rense henne ved å vaske med vann gjennom ordet,
B1930
for å hellige den, idet han renset den ved vannbadet i ordet,

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • John 15:3

    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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  • Ezekiel 36:25

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

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  • John 3:5

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

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  • John 17:17–19

    Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:11

    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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  • Titus 3:5–7

    He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

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  • 1 Peter 1:22–23

    Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

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