You are already trimmed and clean because of the word I’ve spoken to you.
Set them apart, making them holy by the truth; your word is truth.
He did this to make her holy, washing her with water through the word.
You’ve made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. Now, you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply from your hearts.
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.”
He cuts off any of my branches that don’t bear fruit, and he trims every branch that does bear fruit so that it will bear even more fruit.
I’m making myself holy for them so that they too can be made holy by the truth.