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27. ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ. Cf. 2Co 11:2. Christ takes the part both of the Bridegroom and of the Bridegroom’s Friend. Cf. Eze 16:10, of Jehovah and Israel. This clause carries on the thought both of ἁγ. and καθ. but with growing emphasis on the object and results of the cleansing. In Rev 19:7 f. we have the Bride’s share in the preparation.
ἐνδοξον. In all her glory, Psa 45:13; Isa 62:1-5 : see Additional Note on ὁ πατὴρ τῆς δόξης.
μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων. σπίλον, any defilement. ῥυτίδα, a mark of age or decay; a vision of eternal youth. The New Birth is into a life in which corruption and death have no place, cf. Eph 6:24. The Church therefore when her transformation is complete will embody the characteristics of the ideal Bride, Son 4:2.
ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾗ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος. Cf. Eph 1:4. The fulfilment of the end marked out for us by the Father ‘before the foundation of the world’ in Christ is here seen to be realized as the result of His consecration of Himself on our behalf (Joh 17:19).