Ephesians 5:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Ephesians 5:26

24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^ain everything.

25 ^aHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^bgave Himself for her,

26 that He might¹ sanctify and cleanse her ^awith the washing of water ^bby the word,

27 ^athat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^bnot having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

30 For ^awe are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

31 ^a“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^btwo shall become one flesh.”

32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless ^alet each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^brespects her husband.

Verse Comparison: Ephesians 5:26

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American Standard Version
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Amplified® Bible
So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word,

Contemporary English Version
He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.

Darby English Version
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,

Good News Bible
He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,

International Standard Version
so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word,

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

New American Standard Bible
so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

New International Version
to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

New King James Version
that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Young's Literal Translation
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying,

New English Translation
to sanctify her by cleansing her¹ with the washing of the water by the word,

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