Ephesians 5:26

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:9

Then I bathed you with water and washed off the blood from you and anointed you with oil.

Ezekiel 36:25

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

Leviticus 14:11

The priest who cleanses shall set the person to be cleansed, along with these things, before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Leviticus 16:30

For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the Lord.

Leviticus 8:6

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

Zechariah 13:1

On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.

John 13:10

Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

John 15:3

You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.

John 15:8

My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.

John 17:7

Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

Acts 22:16

And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim),

1 Corinthians 6:11

And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

2 Corinthians 11:2

I feel a divine jealousy for you, for I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 6:17

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.

Titus 2:14

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

Hebrews 10:10

And it is by God’s will that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:14

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

Hebrews 10:22

let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:29

How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified, and outraged the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 13:12

Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the city gate in order to sanctify the people by his own blood.

Hebrews 4:12

Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 Peter 1:2

who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

2 Peter 1:9

For anyone who lacks these things is blind, suffering from eye disease, forgetful of the cleansing of past sins.

1 John 5:6

This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: