Ephesians 5:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

DBY:

in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word,

ERV:

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

WEY:

in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Ephesians 5:26 Cross References

XREF:

John 15:3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 17:17 "Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

Acts 22:16 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.'

Romans 10:8 But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART "-- that is, the word of faith which we are preaching,

1 Corinthians 6:11 Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 6:17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Titus 2:14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Hebrews 10:10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

Hebrews 13:12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

2 Peter 1:9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

5:26 {13} That he might {m} sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the {n} word,
(13) Because many men pretend the infirmities of their wives to excuse their own hardness and cruelty, the apostle wishes us to mark what manner of Church Christ received, when he joined it to himself, and how he does not reject her for all her filth, and uncleanness, but ceases not to wipe it away with his cleanness, until he wholly purifies it.
(m) Make it holy.
(n) Through the promise of free justification and sanctification in Christ, received by faith.

PNT:

5:26 That he might sanctify... it. The great love of Christ for the church, his bride, is shown as an example to Christian husbands. Christ gave himself for the church. His object was to sanctify it, make it holy. In order to do this it was needful to
cleanse it with the washing of water by the word. All commentators of repute in all bodies refer this to baptism. All in the church pass through the waters of baptism. But the washing of the water would be of no avail without the word. The power is in the word of the Lord which offers the gospel and commands baptism.

WES:

5:26 That he might sanctify it through the word - The ordinary channel of all blessings. Having cleansed it - From the guilt and power of sin. By the washing of water - In baptism; if, with the outward and visible sign, we receive the inward and spiritual grace.

MHC:

5:22-33 The duty of wives is, submission to their husbands in the Lord, which includes honouring and obeying them, from a principle of love to them. The duty of husbands is to love their wives. The love of Christ to the church is an example, which is sincere, pure, and constant, notwithstanding her failures. Christ gave himself for the church, that he might sanctify it in this world, and glorify it in the next, that he might bestow on all his members a principle of holiness, and deliver them from the guilt, the pollution, and the dominion of sin, by those influences of the Holy Spirit, of which baptismal water was the outward sign. The church and believers will not be without spot or wrinkle till they come to glory. But those only who are sanctified now, shall be glorified hereafter. The words of Adam, mentioned by the apostle, are spoken literally of marriage; but they have also a hidden sense in them, relating to the union between Christ and his church. It was a kind of type, as having resemblance. There will be failures and defects on both sides, in the present state of human nature, yet this does not alter the relation. All the duties of marriage are included in unity and love. And while we adore and rejoice in the condescending love of Christ, let husbands and wives learn hence their duties to each other. Thus the worst evils would be prevented, and many painful effects would be avoided.

CONC:

Baptismal Bathing Clean Cleanse Cleansed Cleansing Holy Order Purifying Sanctify Saying Washing

Bathing Clean Cleanse Cleansed Cleansing Holy Order Purifying Sanctify Washing Water Word

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