²⁷ so ^(A)that he might present the church to himself in splendour, ^(B)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^[a]

⁴ It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for ^(A)they are virgins. It is these ^(B)who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These have been redeemed from mankind as ^(C)firstfruits for God and the Lamb,