“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”
And to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless — the goal: paristēmi ('to present') heautō ('to himself') the ekklēsiān endoxos ('church glorious,' splendid), a-spilos ('without stain'), unwrinkled (a-rhytis), without blemish (a-mōmon), hagia ('holy') and a-mōmos ('blameless'), the church's eschatological perfection.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 5:27
“That He might sanctify it having cleansed it,” he proceeds, “by the washing of water with the word; that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.” “By the washing or laver” He washes her uncleanness. “By the word,” says he. What word? “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Matthew 28:19 And not simply has He adorned her, but has made…
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