Ephesians 5

1 Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

2 and walk about in divine love, as Christ also loved you, and gave himself for you, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet savor.

And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

3 But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;

But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;

4 and indecorum, or foolish talking, or indecent jesting, which is not becoming, but rather the giving of thanks:

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.

5 for you are knowing this, that no fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, that is, an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words: for through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

7 Therefore be not partakers along with them.

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

8 For at one time ye were darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord: walk about as children of the light,

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

10 proving what is acceptable to the Lord;

proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.

12 For it is disgraceful even to speak of those things which are done by them in concealment:

For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

13 but all things being convicted by the light are made manifest; for everything made manifest is light.

But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.

14 Therefore he says, Awake, thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee.

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

15 Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise;

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

16 buying in the opportunity, because the days are evil.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Therefore be not unwise, but understand whatsoever is the will of the Lord.

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18 Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;

Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your heart to the Lord;

20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father;

21 being submissive to one another in the fear of Christ.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

22 Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

23 because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.

24 But as the church is submissive to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in everything.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

26 in order that he might sanctify her, having purified her by the washing of water through the word,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

27 in order that he might present to himself the glorious church, having not spot or wrinkle or any of such things; but that she might be holy and blameless.

that he might present the church to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself:

Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

29 for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;

For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the church;

30 because we are members of his body:

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

31 on account of this a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave unto his wife: and they two shall be one flesh.

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the church.

33 Moreover you also each one thus love his own wife with divine love as himself; and that the wife also reverence the husband.

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.