13洁净就是圣化。生命水洗涤的洁净乃是在话里。这指明话里有生命的水，这是由祭坛和帐幕之间的洗濯盆所预表的（出三八8，四十7）。以弗所五章二十六节的“洗涤”，原文的意思是，洗濯盆（七十士译本用这个希腊字，翻译希伯来文的“洗濯盆”）。……旧约那洗濯盆洗去祭司属地的污秽（出三十18~21）。现今这洗濯盆，就是洗涤的水，也洗去我们的污秽。因此我们乃是借着话中之水的洗濯盆而得洁净。……旧约里的祭司如何先来到祭坛，然后再到洗濯盆，我们也是先来到十字架得拯救、蒙救赎并得称义，然后来就近主的话而得洁净。一天过一天，在早晨在晚间，我们都需要来就近圣经，借着话中之水的洗濯盆而得洁净。……在你为人的生活中，每当你接触世界，你就需要来就近主的话，好得着洁净。 13The cleansing is the sanctifying. The cleansing by the washing of the water of life is in the word...This indicates that in the word there is the water of life, which is typified by the laver between the altar and the tabernacle (Exo. 38:8; 40:7). In Greek the word rendered “washing” in Ephesians 5:26 means “laver.” This Greek word is used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew word for laver. In the Old Testament, the priests washed themselves from earthly defilement in the laver (Exo. 30:18-21). Now the laver, the washing of the water, washes us from defilement. Therefore, we are cleansed by the laver of the water in the word. As the priests in the Old Testament came first to the altar and then to the laver, so we come first to the cross to be saved, redeemed, and justified, and then we come to the word to be cleansed. Day by day, morning and evening, we need to come to the Bible and be cleansed by the laver of the water in the word...Whenever you contact the world in the course of your human living, you need to come to the word to be cleansed.