11 translations · Greek
Ephesians 5:26
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
Ephesians 5:26 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
- KJV King James Version
- That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- ASV American Standard Version
- that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He made it holy, he made it clean by washing in the water of the word,
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
- DBY Darby Translation
- in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἵνα | hina | to | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| αὐτὴν | autēn | her | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἁγιάσῃ | hagiasē | sanctify | G37 ἁγιάζω to sanctify |
| καθαρίσας | katharisas | cleansing [her] | G2511 καθαρίζω to clean |
| τῷ | tō | by the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λουτρῷ | loutrō | washing | G3067 λουτρόν washing |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὕδατος | hydatos | with water | G5204 ὕδωρ water |
| ἐν | en | through | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| ῥήματι | rhēmati | [the] word | G4487 ῥῆμα declaration |
Related verses
- Hebrews 10:22
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
- John 15:3
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness, and from all your idols.
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
- John 17:17–19
Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
- Titus 3:5–7
not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
- 1 Peter 1:22–23
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently: having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.
- Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;
- 1 John 5:6
This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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In context
24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Read all of Ephesians 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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