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Wives and Husbands

Ephesians 5:26

In 9 translations

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,
LSV
that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
YLT
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
DBY
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,
DRC
That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
GNV
That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
RP2018
ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ, καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
TR-Boyd
ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ, καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
SCR1894
ινα αυτην αγιαση καθαρισας τω λουτρω του υδατος εν ρηματι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 10:22let 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.
  • John 15:3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
  • Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  • John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  • John 17:17–19Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
  • 1 Corinthians 6:11And 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.
  • Titus 3:5–7He 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. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ…
  • 1 Peter 1:22–23Since 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. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of…
  • Ephesians 6:17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
  • 1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  • 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  • Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

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