(13) That he might (m) sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the (n) word,
(13) Because many men pretend the infirmities of their wives to excuse their own hardness and cruelty, the apostle wishes us to mark what manner of Church Christ received, when he joined it to himself, and how he does not reject her for all her filth, and uncleanness, but ceases not to wipe it away with his cleanness, until he wholly purifies it.
(m) Make it holy.
(n) Through the promise of free justification and sanctification in Christ, received by faith.