aTitus 3:5; [Rev. 7:14]
bch. 6:17; Heb. 6:5; See John 15:3
c2 Cor. 11:2; See ch. 1:4
dSong 4:7
fver. 25, 33

Ephesians 5:26-29

26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by athe washing of water bwith the word, 27so cthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, dwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ▼
▼Or holy and blameless
 28In the same way fhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,
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