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so thatἵναhe himselfαὐτὸςmight presentπαραστήσῃthe assemblyτὴν ἐκκλησίανto himselfἑαυτῷglorious,ἔνδοξονnotμὴhavingἔχουσανspotσπίλονorἢwrinkleῥυτίδαorἤanyτιof such things,τῶν τοιούτωνbutἀλλ’thatἵναshe might beᾖholyἁγίαandκαὶwithout blemish.ἄμωμος
Ephesians 5:27
Study it in the app“so that he himself might present the assembly to himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she might be holy and without blemish.”
Paul holds up the Messiah's self-giving love as the husband's modelDating and Marriage
With the Greek beneath
Ephesians 5:27, word by word
- might presentπαραστήσῃparastēsēi
present
To set someone or something before God or another.
Where else “parastēsēi” appears- the assemblyἐκκλησίανekklēsian
church
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsian” appears- gloriousἔνδοξονendoxon
glorious
Full of brilliance and beauty.
Where else “endoxon” appears- havingἔχουσανechousan
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echousan” appears- spotσπίλονspilon
spot
A blot that mars something clean.
Where else “spilon” appears- wrinkleῥυτίδαrhytida
wrinkle
Wrinkle.
Where else “rhytida” appears- of such thingsτοιούτωνtoioutōn
such
Such, of this kind.
Where else “toioutōn” appears- she might beᾖēi
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēi” appears- holyἁγίαhagia
holy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagia” appears- without blemishἄμωμοςamōmos
blameless, without blemish
Without blemish, without defect, like an animal fit to be offered to God; blameless.
Where else “amōmos” appears
The context
26so that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 · This verse (above)
28So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
To study Ephesians 5 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul say about walking in love and walking as children of light (v. 1-2, 8-9)?
2. What it means
Paul links the Messiah's love for the assembly with a husband's love for his wife (v. 25-29). What does the text say that love is like?
3. How I live it
Paul invites us to give thanks always and to speak with psalms and songs (v. 19-20). What simple habit could help you do that?