Ephesians 5
1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved 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 walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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 fornication, impurity of any kind, and covetousness must not even be mentioned among you, because such things are improper for saints.
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
Nor should there be any obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are not fitting, but there should be thanksgiving instead.
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.
For you know that no one who is a fornicator, impure, or covetous (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of 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.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Therefore do not be partners with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
(for the fruit of the Spirit is found in all goodness, righteousness, and truth).
10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
Carefully determine what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
Do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but expose them instead.
12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
For it is shameful even to mention what such people do in secret.
13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
But everything exposed by the light becomes illuminated, and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon yoʋ.”
15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
See then that you walk carefully, not as unwise people but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Do not be drunk with wine, which leads to debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
always giving thanks for everything to our God and Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
and submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as to 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, just as Christ is the head and Savior of the church, which is his body.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Just as the church submits to Christ, so wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
to sanctify her by cleansing her 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.
so that he might present her to himself as a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and unblemished.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but he nourishes and cares for it, just as the Lord does for the church,
30 For we are members of His body.
because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
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 reason a man will leave 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 profound mystery, but I am talking 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.
Nevertheless, each man among you must love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
