Ephesians 5:26

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That he might sanctify - The great object of the Redeemer was to purify and save the church. The meaning here is, that a husband is to manifest s...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 wiv...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 . Subordination in the Fear of Christ. The principle is illustrated by the relation ( a) of wives to husbands,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

That . In order that. Greek. hina. sanctify . Greek. hagiazo. See 1 Corinthians 1:2 . and cleanse . having cleansed. Greek. katharizo....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. That he might sanctify, — or, that he might separate it to himself; for such I consider to be the meaning of the word sanctify This i...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2121 THE MARRIAGE UNION Ephesians 5:21-33 . Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto yo...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2122 THE PERFECTING OF THE CHURCH IS THE END OF ALL THAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR IT Ephesians 5:25-27 . Christ loved the Church, and gave...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might sanctify and cleanse it - The Church is represented as the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That he might sanctify and cleanse it, &c.— "That he might take away the power and pollution of sin from all its members, and infuse a principl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, Sanctify - i:e., consecrate her to God. Compare John 17:19 , 'I...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The old Darkness and new Light. Rules for the Married 1, 2. In close connexion with what precedes. 'It is the mark of beloved children to become i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Washing of water ] Christian baptism, with perhaps a reference to the bride's bath before marriage. By the word] RV 'with the word,' to be taken...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4 a. ) In Ephesians 5:22-33 . St. Paul passes from warning against special sins to consider the three great relations of life, first considered as...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 5. Practical Exhortation continued ( Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 ). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(25-27) In these verses we trace, under the nuptial metaphor, a clear description of the three great stages in salvation — justification in His “givi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That he might sanctify and cleanse it... — The true rendering is, that He might sanctify it, having cleansed it in the laver of the water in [ th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 22 DOCTRINE AND ETHICS Ephesians 4:25-32 ; Ephesians 5:1-6 The homily that we have briefly reviewed in the last chapter demands furt...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 25 ON FAMILY LIFE Ephesians 5:22-33 ; Ephesians 6:1-9 . CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Ephesians 5:22-33 In mutual subjection the Christian sp...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Love of Husband and Wife Ephesians 5:22-33 The Apostle has been urging us to be filled with the Spirit, and now proceeds to show how Spirit-fil...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

All that the apostle had been saying was emphasized by the statement of their relationship to God as he called them to be "imitators of God." Again h...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(22) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it ,.... Being defiled, both with original sin and actual transgressions; for God's elect, whom Christ lo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, Ver. 26. That he might sanctify ] The maids were first purified and...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That he might sanctify and cleanse it Might remove the guilt, power, and pollution of sin; with the washing of water In baptism, as the sign of r...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WALK IN LOVE (vs.1-7) Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 5 are closely connected with verse 32 of chapter 4. God's gracious character of love that delight...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Duties of Husbands and Wives. A. D. 61. 21...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That he might sanctify; purify from its filth, and consecrate unto God: implying the whole translation of it out of a state of sin and misery into...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Husbands and Wives Are A Pattern of Christ and His Church (5:22-33). In this passage there is a constant movement from the husband wife relationsh...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Husbands love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the wash...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 5:22 . Submit yourselves. —Same word as in previous verse; neither here nor there does it involve any l...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:22-31 On Marriage. I. Consider how the earthly and the heavenly views of Christian marriage which the Apostle presents to us are thor...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 5:25-27 I. The love of Christ. None of us, it is truly said, is a stranger to this master emotion of the human soul. Flowing through the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 5:1 . Be ye therefore followers of God, Or, imitators of God,- Ephesians 5:1 . As dear children; Children are naturally imitators...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 5:1 . Be ye followers of God as dear children, for children are expected to walk in their father's steps. He sends us rain and fruitful...
The Biblical Illustrator

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church. The love of Jesus for His Church I. The chosen Church, the object of the Savio...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITIOn Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as children beloved. These words are closely connected with the preceding. In...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Duties of Husbands and Wives as Shown by the Relation of Christ to the Church. Ephesians 5:22-33 The exhortation with its basis:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Followers of God Ephesians 5:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The opening verse of today's chapter has a clear and clarion call to the children of God....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

That he might sanctify it through the word — The ordinary channel of all blessings. Having cleansed it — From the guilt and power of sin. By the wa...

²⁶ That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 5:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephesians 5:26