Ephesians 5:25-27
...Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
In the context of this scripture these words are simply a backdrop illustration for the kind of love God intended for husbands to have for their wives. I have never heard this scripture used except in a lesson on marriage and that is certainly appropriate and the import of the text. But it is interesting that these words stand powerfully alone. When taken out of context, they summarize the context of the entire Bible.
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