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24 As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

25 For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her 26 to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word.[a]

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  1. 5:26 Greek washed by water with the word.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(A) in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives,(B) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(C) 26 to make her holy,(D) cleansing[a] her by the washing(E) with water through the word,

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  1. Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed