Eph EphesiansEpheser, chapterKapitel Epistle to the EphesiansDer Brief des Paulus an die Epheser, chapterKapitel 5

in order that he might ◄set us apart for himself/cause us to belong to him►. That is, by revealing his message to us, he wanted to remove the guilt of our sin, just like people remove dirt from something by washing it [MET].