Ephesians 5
1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Be ye therefore imitators of God as his dear children; and walk in love,
2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.
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, and all uncleanness, or inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor wanton jesting, which are not meet: but rather giving of thanks.
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 this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, (who is an idolater, ) hath 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 vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Therefore be not partners with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For ye were heretofore darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:
9 for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
walk therefore as children of light, (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, )
10 Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
approving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
11 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
And have no communion with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
For it is a shame even to relate the things that are done by them in secret.
13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
But all things to be reproved: are made manifest by the light: for whatever doth make manifest, is light.
14 So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men:
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Wherefore be not thoughtless, but consider what is the will of the Lord.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; 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 yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing 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.
always giving thanks for all to God even the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Wives, be subject to your own 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, even as Christ is the head of the church: and the saviour of that body.
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
As the church then is subject to Christ, so also should wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
to sanctify and cleanse it 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.
that He might prepare it for Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should be holy and unblameable.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Men ought so to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth 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 ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord also doth the church:
30 For we are members of His body.
for we are members of his body, as if taken out of his flesh, and of his bones, as Eve was out of Adam's.
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 shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
This mystery is great: but I speak concerning 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, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife reverence her husband.
