Ephesians 5:26

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“to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,”

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“to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“that he might sanctify it, having cleansed <FI>it<Fi> with the bathing of the water in the saying,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ephesians 5:26 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 14:11The priest who performs the cleansing shall present the one to be cleansed, together with these offerings, before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
  2. Ezekiel 16:9Then I bathed you with water, rinsed off your blood, and anointed you with oil.
  3. Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  4. Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  5. John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  6. John 15:3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
  7. John 15:8This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.
  8. John 17:7Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.
  9. John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.
  10. Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’
  11. Acts 26:18to 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 an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
  12. 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  13. Ephesians 6:17And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
  14. Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  15. Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
  16. Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  17. Hebrews 10:10And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  18. Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  19. James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
  20. 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
  21. 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
  22. 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  23. 1 John 5:6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  24. Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

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