²⁶ that He might ^[a]sanctify and cleanse her ^(A)with the washing of water ^(B)by the word,

^3 (A)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

^17 (A)Sanctify^[a] them by Your truth. ^(B)Your word is truth. ^18 (C)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And ^(D)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

The Enduring Word

²² Since you ^(A)have purified your souls in obeying the truth ^[a]through the Spirit in ^[b]sincere ^(B)love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, ^23 (C)having been born again, not of ^[c]corruptible seed but ^[d]incorruptible, ^(D)through the word of God which lives and abides ^[e]forever,

¹¹ And such were ^(A)some of you. ^(B)But you were washed, but you were ^[a]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

⁵ Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

²² let us ^(A)draw near with a true heart ^(B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

^5 (A)not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through ^(B)the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, ^6 (C)whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ that having been justified by His grace ^(D)we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

¹⁷ And ^(A)take the helmet of salvation, and ^(B)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;