Ephesians 5
1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellling sauour to God.
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ, and of God.
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Be not therefore companions with them.
Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
8 For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in al goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth)
(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lord.
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
12 For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.
for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
13 But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.
But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
14 Wherefore hee sayeth, Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the deade, and Christ shall giue thee light.
Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
16 Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing, and making melodie to the Lord in your hearts,
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
20 Giuing thankes alwaies for all thinges vnto God euen the Father, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ,
giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
21 Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.
Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.
24 Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbands in euery thing.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
26 That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
27 That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.
that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
because we are members of his body.
31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
33 Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.
