Ephesians 5:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word,

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  • John 15:3 : 3 You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you.
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 Some of you once lived this way. 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 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • Heb 10:10 : 10 By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 The Refinement of Judah“In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  • 1 Pet 1:22-23 : 22 You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart. 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • John 17:17-19 : 17 Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. 19 And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • Titus 3:5-7 : 5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior. 7 And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”
  • Eph 6:17 : 17 And 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 without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
  • Ezek 16:9 : 9 “‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • John 15:8 : 8 My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.
  • John 17:7 : 7 Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,
  • 1 John 5:6 : 6 Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ’s blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!

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    27so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a 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 has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

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

    23because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body).

    24But as 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 for her

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

  • Ezek 36:25
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    25I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

  • Heb 10:22
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    22let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11Some of you once lived this way. 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.

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    5For it is sanctified by God’s word and by prayer.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • Titus 2:14
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    14He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

  • John 13:5
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    5He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

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    32This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

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    21So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

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    5he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

    6whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

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    19but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

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

    7And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

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    19And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

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    9“‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil.

  • 1 Cor 7:14
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    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

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    22You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

  • Eph 6:17
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    17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit(which is the word of God).

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    2and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

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    30Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

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    2Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!

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    17Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

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    7For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

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    3And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure).

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    4For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before him in love.

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    20But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.

    21“‘So this will be a perpetual ordinance for them: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

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    23to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

  • Eph 1:23
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    23Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

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    11You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it.

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    21And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you– not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God– through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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    23Conclusion Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    15But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

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    6Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood– not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

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    17Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

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    10By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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    30He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,