Ephesians 5:26

Wives and Husbands

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

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Berean Standard Bible
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
American Standard Version (1901)
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
Bible in Basic English
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
Douay-Rheims 1899
That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
Free Bible Version
He made it holy, he made it clean by washing in the water of the word,
Geneva Bible 1599
That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
King James (Authorized) Version
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Plain English Version
He washed us properly clean, not just with water in the baptism ceremony, but with his word too.
Translation for Translators
in order that he might ◄set us apart for himself/cause us to belong to him►. That is, by revealing his message to us, he wanted to remove the guilt of our sin, just like people remove dirt from something by washing it [MET].
Unlocked Literal Bible
Christ gave himself for the church so that he might make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Noah Webster Bible
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
World English Bible
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
Young's Literal Translation
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,