Ephesians 5
1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Have no part with such men;
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;
30 For we are members of His body.
Because we are parts of his body.
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.
