116 See p. 255.
113The fine linen in which the bride of the Apocalypse is arrayed symbolizes “the righteous deeds of the saints” (Rev. 19:8).
114Heb. ‘erwaṯ dāḇār (LXX ἄσϰημον πϱᾶγμα), on the interpretation of which the rabbinical schools differed.
115The Gk. words are σπίλος (cf. 2 Pet. 2:13, σπίλοɩ ϰαὶ μѽμοɩ, the only other NT occurrence) and 
(here only in the Greek Bible).
116See p. 255.
117Gk. ἁγία ϰαὶ ἄμωμος. For μѽμος (”blemish”) cf. Cant. 4:7, ὅλη ϰαλὴ εἷ, ἡ πλησίον μου, ϰαὶ μѽμος οὐϰ ἔστɩν ἐν σοί.
118On the ίεϱὸς γάμος see H. Schlier, Der Brief an die Epheser, pp. 264-76; also R. A. Batey, “Jewish Gnosticism and the ‘Hieros Gamos’ of Eph. v.21-33,” NTS 10 (1963-64), 121-27; “The μία σάϱξ Union of Christ and the Church,” NTS 13 (1966-67), 270-81.
119“Die himmlische Syzygie” is the title of ch. 6 of H. Schlier’s Christus und die Kirche im Epheserbrief (pp. 60-75). One may compare the “mystery of the bridal chamber” in the Gospel of Philip (68, etc.) and other Nag Hammadi treatises; this was apparently a sacramental reunification of the original androgyne. A similar sacrament seems to have been celebrated by the Marcosians (Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2) and the Simonians (Hippolytus, Ref. 6.18.2-19.5).