that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

δια να αγιαση αυτην, καθαρισας με το λουτρον του υδατος δια του λογου,

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,