Paul also wrote: “Christ also loved the congregation and delivered up himself for it, that he might sanctify it, cleansing it with the bath of water by means of the word, that he might present the congregation to himself in its splendor, not having a spot or a wrinkle or any of such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish. ” ​ — Ephesians 5: 25 - 27.
और उसे एक ऐसी तेजस्वी कलीसिया बनाकर अपने पास खड़ी करे, जिस में न कलंक, न झुर्री, न कोई और ऐसी वस्तु हो, बरन पवित्र और निर्दोष हो । ” — इफिसियों ५: २५ - २७. १४, १५.