World English Bible
"that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,"
— Ephesians 5:26, World English Bible
“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, ”
“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,”
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;