Ephesians 5:26

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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word,

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  • John 15:3 : 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 And now, why delay? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Heb 10:10 : 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 On that day, a fountain will be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 This water symbolizes baptism, which now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  • John 17:17-19 : 17 Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. 19 For their sake, I sanctify Myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  • Titus 3:5-7 : 5 He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. 6 This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Eph 6:17 : 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
  • Ezek 16:9 : 9 Then I washed you with water and rinsed the blood from you and anointed you with oil.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • John 15:8 : 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples.
  • John 17:7 : 7 Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.
  • 1 John 5:6 : 6 This is the One who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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    27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

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  • Eph 5:22-25
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

    23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

    24As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

    25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

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    3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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    25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

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  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    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 and by the Spirit of our God.

  • 1 Tim 4:5
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    5It is sanctified by the word of God and by prayer.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.

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    14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.

  • John 13:5
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    5Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel He had tied around Himself.

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    32This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

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    21If anyone cleanses themselves from the latter, they will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

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    5He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

    6This Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

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    19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

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    6Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

    7This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.

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    19For their sake, I sanctify Myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

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    9Then I washed you with water and rinsed the blood from you and anointed you with oil.

  • 1 Cor 7:14
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    14For the unbelieving husband is made holy through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.

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    22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • Eph 6:17
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    17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

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    2And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.

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    30He placed the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

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    2When Nathan the prophet came to him after David had gone to Bathsheba.

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    17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

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    7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

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    3And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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    4just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence in love.

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    20But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

    21This shall be a permanent statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of purification will remain unclean until evening.

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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

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    23which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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    11Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it.

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    23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    15But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.

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    10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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    30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.