26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,


In Context

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

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

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

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

27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

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

Ephesians 5:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:26That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,