Ephesians 5:26

Modern English Version

that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Cross References

John 15:3

You are already clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse them from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean. From all your filthiness and from all your idols, I will cleanse you.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 6:17

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. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

Zechariah 13:1

On that day there will be a spring opened up for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and impurity.

Hebrews 10:10

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

1 Peter 3:21

Figuratively this is like baptism, which also saves us now. It is not washing off the dirt from the body, but a response to God from a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Acts 22:16

And now why do you wait? Rise, be baptized and wash away your sins, and call on the name of the Lord.’

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are sanctified and called by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ:

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

John 17:7

Now they know that all things You have given Me are from You.

Ezekiel 16:9

Then I washed you with water. Indeed, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

James 1:18

Of His own will He brought us forth with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.

John 15:8

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

Leviticus 8:6

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

Leviticus 16:30

For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you to cleanse you, so that you may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.

John 13:10

Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” This is the word of faith that we preach:

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is alive, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Hebrews 10:14

For by one offering He has forever perfected those who are sanctified.

Hebrews 10:29

How much more severe a punishment do you suppose he deserves, who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded the blood of the covenant that sanctified him to be a common thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 13:12

Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

2 Peter 1:9

For he who lacks these things is blind and nearsighted, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his past sins.

Leviticus 14:11

The priest who makes him clean shall present the man who is to be made clean and those things before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.