Ephesians 5
1 Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear 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, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
3 But all fornication, and uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
But lewdness and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 and indecorum, or foolish talking, or indecent jesting, which is not becoming, but rather the giving of thanks:
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: 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.
For this ye know, that no lewd, 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 through these the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Therefore be not partakers along with them.
Be ye not therefore 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 ye were sometime darkness, but now [are ye] 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 Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth; )
10 proving what is acceptable to the Lord;
Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
12 For it is disgraceful even to speak of those things which are done by them in concealment:
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
13 but all things being convicted by the light are made manifest; for everything made manifest is light.
But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light: for whatever doth make manifest is light.
14 Therefore he says, Awake, thou sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon thee.
Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.
15 Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise;
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 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.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding 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;
And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess; 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 yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody 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 for all things to God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 being submissive to one another in the fear of Christ.
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
Wives, submit yourselves to your own 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, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is 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.
Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
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 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 and cleanse it with the washing of water by 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 it 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 the husbands ought to love their own wives with divine love as their own bodies. The one loving his own wife is loving himself:
So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.
29 for no one ever yet hated his own flesh; but he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 because we are members of his body:
For 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 shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and 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, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.
