“that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Ephesians 5 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.