Ephesians 5:26

Easy To Read Version

He died to make the church holy. {\cf2\super [40]} Christ used the telling of the Good News {\cf2\super [41]} to make the church clean by washing it with water.

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:9

“‘I washed you in water. I washed away your blood. And I rubbed oil on your skin.

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”

Leviticus 14:11

The priest must bring that person and his sacrifices before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [199] (This must be the same priest who announces that the person is clean. [200])

Leviticus 16:30

Why? Because on this day, the priest will make you pure [298] and wash away your sins. Then you will be clean [299] to the Lord.

Leviticus 8:6

Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons. He washed them with water.

Zechariah 13:1

But at that time, a new spring of water will be opened for David’s family and for the other people living in Jerusalem. That fountain will be to wash away their sins and to make the people pure.

John 13:10

Jesus said, “After a person has a bath, his whole body is clean. He needs only to wash his feet. And you men are clean, but not every one of you.”

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the teaching I have told you.

John 15:8

You should make much fruit and show that you are my followers. This brings glory to my Father.

John 17:7

Now they know that everything you gave me comes from you.

John 3:5

But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born from water and the Spirit. {\cf2\super [47]} If a person is not born from water and the Spirit, then he cannot enter God’s kingdom.

Acts 22:16

Now, don’t wait any longer. Get up, be baptized {\cf2\super [440]} and wash your sins away. Do this, trusting in him (Jesus) \{to save you\}.’

Acts 26:18

You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”

Romans 10:8

This is what the Scripture says: “God’s teaching is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart.” {\cf2\super [103]} That teaching is the teaching of faith that we tell people.

1 Corinthians 6:11

In the past, some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, {\cf2\super [36]} and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel jealousy for you. And this jealousy is a jealousy that comes from God. I promised to give you to Christ. Christ must be your only husband. I want to give you to Christ to be his pure bride. {\cf2\super [30]}

Ephesians 6:17

Accept God’s salvation to be your helmet. And take the sword of the Spirit {\cf2\super [47]} —that sword is the teaching of God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the teaching of Christ live inside you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.

Hebrews 10:10

Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice {\cf2\super [126]} of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. Those people are the ones who are being made holy. {\cf2\super [129]}

Hebrews 10:22

We have been cleansed and made free from feelings of guilt. And our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere (true) heart, feeling sure because of our faith.

Hebrews 10:29

So what do you think should be done to a person who shows his hate for the Son of God? Surely that person should have a much worse punishment. Yes, that person should have a worse punishment for not showing respect for the blood (Jesus’ death) that began the new agreement. {\cf2\super [137]} That blood once made that person holy. And that person should have a worse punishment for showing his hate against the Spirit {\cf2\super [138]} of God’s grace (kindness).

Hebrews 13:12

So Jesus also suffered outside the city. Jesus died to make his people holy {\cf2\super [177]} with his own blood (death).

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word {\cf2\super [34]} (message) is alive and working. His word is sharper than the sharpest sword. God’s word cuts all the way into us \{like a sword\}. It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined. God’s word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones. It judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

Hebrews 9:14

So surely the blood of Christ can do much, much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit {\cf2\super [106]} as a perfect sacrifice {\cf2\super [107]} to God. His blood will make us fully clean from the evil things we have done. His blood will make us pure even in our hearts. We are made pure so that we can worship (serve) the living God.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people. {\cf2\super [2]} Making you holy is the Spirit’s {\cf2\super [3]} work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood (death) of Jesus Christ. Grace (kindness) and peace be yours more and more.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

2 Peter 1:9

But if a person does not have these things, then he cannot see clearly. That person is blind. He has forgotten that he was cleansed (forgiven) from his past sins.

1 John 5:6

And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.