Discovery BoxEphesians 5:25-27 
Context5:25 Husbands, love your 1 wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her 5:26 to sanctify her by cleansing her 2 with the washing of the water by the word, 5:27 so that he 3 may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. 4
Ephesians 5:32
Context5:32 This mystery is great – but I am actually 5 speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
1 tn The Greek article has been translated as a possessive pronoun (ExSyn 215).
2 tn The direct object “her” is implied, but not found in the Greek text. It has been supplied in the English translation to clarify the sense of the passage.
3 tn The use of the pronoun αὐτός (autos) is intensive and focuses attention on Christ as the one who has made the church glorious.
4 tn Grk “but in order that it may be holy and blameless.”
5 tn The term “actually” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied in the English translation to bring out the heightened sense of the statement.
