Ephesians 5:27

Ephesians chapter 5 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

Context

v.26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

v.27This passage

v.28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 60:15
Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Jeremiah 33:9
And this city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it.
Isaiah 62:3
Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Hebrews 12:22
but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,
Psalms 45:13
The king’s daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
Ephesians 1:4
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: