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 as Christ also hath loved us, and given himself for us, an oblation and sacrifice to God, for an odour 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 impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.
or obscenity, or foolish talk, or loose witticisms; things which become not a Christian, but rather thanksgiving.
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, that no whoremonger, or impure person, or avaricious, who is an idolater, hath an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of 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 vain words: for because of these things, the wrath of God cometh on the children 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 formerly darkness, but now are ye 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 Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth; )
10 Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lord.
proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.
And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.
12 For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.
For it is scandalous but to mention the things done of them in secret.
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 which are rebukeable are made manifest by the light; for it is the light, by which every thing is made manifest.
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 give thee light.”
15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
Take heed, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 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.
Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.
18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, 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 canticles, singing and making melody in the 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.
being subject one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.
Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, as to 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 also Christ is the head of the church; and is 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.
As then the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,
Husbands, love your own wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver of water by 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 it to himself a glorious church, not having blemish, nor wrinkle, nor any such things; but that it may be holy and unblameable.
28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
So ought husbands 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 the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
for we are the members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
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 reason shall a man forsake his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and the two shall be as one flesh.
32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
This mystery is great: but I am speaking with regard to Christ, and with regard to 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 let every one of you individually see that each love his own wife even as himself; but the wife that she stand in awe of the husband.
