Ephesians 5
1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear 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 live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.
3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,
But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.
4 Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.
Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give 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 be well assured that no fornicator or immoral person and no money-grubber--or in other words idol-worshipper--has any share awaiting him 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 one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.
7 Be not therefore companions with them.
Therefore do not become sharers with them.
8 For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,
There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in al goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth)
Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--
10 Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lord.
and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.
11 And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.
Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against 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 these people in secret it is disgraceful 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 everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.
14 Wherefore hee sayeth, Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the deade, and Christ shall giue thee light.
For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."
15 Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,
Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.
16 Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.
Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.
17 Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.
On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.
18 And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,
Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing, and making melodie to the Lord in your hearts,
but drink deeply of God's Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and offer praise in your hearts to the Lord.
20 Giuing thankes alwaies for all thinges vnto God euen the Father, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ,
Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.
and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.
Married women, submit to your own husbands as if 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.
because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.
24 Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbands in euery thing.
And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.
25 Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,
Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
26 That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,
in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal 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 the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.
28 So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.
So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.
For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;
30 For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.
because we are, as it were, parts 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 reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."
32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.
That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and 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.
Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.
