Ephesians 5:26
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26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,
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John 15:3
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3 You have already been cleansed[a] by the word that I have spoken to you.(A)
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- 15.3 The same Greek root refers to pruning and cleansing
John 17:17-19
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17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.(A) 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.
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1 Peter 1:22-23
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22 Now that you have purified your souls[a] by your obedience to the truth[b] so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.[c](A) 23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[d](B)
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[a] and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
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- 6.11 Other ancient authorities lack Christ
John 3:5
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5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.(A)
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Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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Titus 3:5-7
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5 he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(A) 6 This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(B)
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- 3.5 Gk washing
Ephesians 6:17
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17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.(A)
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Titus 2:14
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14 He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.(A)
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Hebrews 10:10
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10 And it is by God’s will[a] that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.(A)
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- 10.10 Gk by that will
Acts 22:16
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16 And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’(A)
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Ezekiel 36:25
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25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A)
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1 John 5:6
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Testimony concerning the Son of God
6 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.(A)
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Hebrews 9:14
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14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(A)
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Zechariah 13:1
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13 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.(A)
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1 Peter 3:21
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21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A)
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- 3.21 Or a pledge to God from
John 15:8
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8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become[a] my disciples.(A)
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- 15.8 Or be
1 Peter 1:2
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2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)
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James 1:18
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18 In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.(A)
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Acts 26:18
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18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(A)
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John 17:7
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7 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,
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Ezekiel 16:9
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9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off the blood from you and anointed you with oil.
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