Ephesians 5

1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children:

2 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 sweetsmelling savour.

and walk in love; as the Messiah also hath loved us, and hath given up himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet odor.

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

But whoredom, and all impurity, and avarice let them not be at all heard of among you, as it becometh the saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Neither obscenities, nor words of folly, or of division, or of scurrility, which are not useful; but instead of these, thanksgiving.

5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

For this know ye, that every man who is a whoremonger, or impure, or avaricious, or a worshipper of idols, hath no inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Let no man deceive you with vain words; for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Therefore be ye not like them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

For ye were heretofore darkness, but now are ye light in our Lord: therefore, as the children of light, so walk ye.

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth; )

For the fruits of the light are in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth.

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

And search out what is pleasing before our Lord:

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].

And have no commerce with the works of darkness which are unfruitful, but reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

For the things they do in secret, it is nauseous even to mention.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

For all things are exposed and made manifest by the light: and whatever maketh manifest, is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Wherefore it is said: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will illuminate thee.

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

See therefore, that ye walk circumspectly; not like the simple,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

but like the wise, who purchase their opportunity; because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].

Therefore, be not lacking in understanding; but understand ye what is the pleasure of God.

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

And be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness; but be ye filled with the spirit.

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

And converse with yourselves in psalms and hymns; and with your hearts sing to the Lord, in spiritual songs.

20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

And give thanks to God the Father, at all times, for all men, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

And be submissive one to another, in the love of the Messiah.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives, be ye submissive to your husbands, as to our Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

Because the husband is the head of the wife, even as the Messiah is the head of the church; and he is the vivifier of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.

And as the church is subject to the Messiah, so also let wives be to their husbands in all things.

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as the Messiah loved his church, and delivered himself up for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

that he might sanctify it, and cleanse it, by the washing of water, and by the word;

27 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.

and might constitute it a glorious church for himself, in which is no stain, and no wrinkle, and nothing like them; but that it might be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

It behooveth men so to love their wives, as they do their own bodies. For he that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

For no one ever hated his own body; but nourisheth it, and provideth for it, even as the Messiah the church.

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

For this reason, a man should quit his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and the two should be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

This is a great mystery; but I am speaking of the Messiah, and of his church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

Nevertheless, let each of you severally so love his wife, even as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.