King James Version with Apocrypha
"That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,"
— Ephesians 5:26, King James Version with Apocrypha
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
“that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, ”
“that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,”
“to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,”
“That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:”
“So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,”
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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,
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.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: