Ephesians 5:26
“That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,”
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Related Verses
“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”
“For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:”