Ephesians 5:26
King James Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Ephesians 5:26 in context
Ephesians 5:24
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:26SELECTED VERSE
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Ephesians 5:27
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.
Ephesians 5:28
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.