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Ephesians 5:26

PurityGod's word

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;

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 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.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth 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 true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • John 15:3

    Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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  • Ezekiel 36:25

    Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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  • John 3:5

    Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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  • John 17:17–19

    Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:11

    And 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.

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  • Titus 3:5–7

    Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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  • 1 Peter 1:22–23

    Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

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