Ephesians 5:26

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He did this to make her holy, washing her with water through the word.

Cross References

John 15:3

You are already trimmed and clean because of the word I’ve spoken to you.

Hebrews 10:22

So let’s draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Our hearts have been sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they’re born of water and the Spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to do things like that. But you were washed and made holy and right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 6:17

Put on the helmet of salvation, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

1 John 5:6

This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He didn’t come by water only, but by water and blood. The Spirit is a truthful witness about this, because the Spirit is the truth.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us to set us free from all wrongdoing and purify us, so that we can be his very own people and be eager to do what is good.

Hebrews 10:10

And by that will, we’ve been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all time.

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture of the way that baptism now saves you too. It doesn’t save you by washing the dirt off your body. Instead, it’s your way of promising God that you’ll keep a clear conscience by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

Hebrews 9:14

So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! He offered himself to God without any flaw through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. His blood washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

Acts 22:16

So what are you waiting for? Get up and call on his name. Be baptized and have your sins washed away.’

1 Peter 1:2

God the Father knew you ahead of time, and he chose to make you pure and holy through the Spirit’s work. Then you would obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood to make you holy. May more and more grace and peace be given to you.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept safe for Jesus Christ.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God. I want them to have their sins forgiven and find a place among God’s people by believing in me.’

John 17:7

Now they know that everything you’ve given me comes from you.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth because he wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

John 15:8

It brings glory to my Father and shows that you’re my disciples when you bear much fruit.

John 13:10

Jesus answered, “People who’ve had a bath only need to wash their feet. The rest of their body is clean. And you are clean—but not all of you are.”

Romans 10:8

But what does it say? “The message is near you, it’s in your mouth and in your heart.” (This means the message about faith that we are preaching.)

2 Corinthians 11:2

I’m jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, Christ, to give you to him like a pure virgin bride.

Colossians 3:16

Let the message about Christ live among you richly as you teach and correct one another with great wisdom. Sing psalms and hymns and songs from the Spirit to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Hebrews 4:12

The word of God is alive and active. It’s even sharper than any sword that has two edges. It penetrates deep inside us, to where the bones meet the joints and where the soul meets the spirit, until it reveals the thoughts and intentions of our hearts.

Hebrews 10:14

By that one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Hebrews 10:29

But wouldn’t people deserve even more punishment if they’ve trampled the Son of God under their feet, treated the blood of the covenant as unholy, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

Hebrews 13:12

Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to make the people holy by shedding his own blood.

2 Peter 1:9

But anyone who doesn’t take on these qualities is seeing only the present. They’re blind to the past, forgetting all their sins that have been washed away.