Cross references

Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:26 BSB

Ephesians 5:26 has 23 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 22 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hebrews 10:22 (55 votes) and John 15:3 (49 votes). 87 other verses point back to it. It links with 32 other books, from Genesis 24 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Ephesians 5:26 point to?

The 20 strongest of 23, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

  2. John 15:349 votes

    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

  3. I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

  4. John 3:542 votes

    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

  5. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. …

  6. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  7. He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, …

  8. Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  9. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

  10. 1 John 5:614 votes

    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

  11. Titus 2:1411 votes

    He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

  12. 1 Peter 3:2111 votes
  13. Hebrews 9:1410 votes

    how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

  14. Acts 22:168 votes
  15. Acts 26:185 votes

    to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

  16. James 1:185 votes

Which verses point to Ephesians 5:26?

The 10 strongest of 87.