Ephesians 5

1 Become, then, followers of God, as beloved children,

BE ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

2 and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a refreshing fragrance,

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 and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones;

But fornication and all impurity, or insatiable desire, let it not be mentioned among you, as becometh saints;

4 also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting—the things not fit—but rather thanksgiving;

or obscenity, or foolish talk, or loose witticisms; things which become not a Christian, but rather thanksgiving.

5 for you know this, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and 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 one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things comes the anger of God on the sons of the 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 do not become, then, partakers with them,

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 for you were once darkness, and now light in the LORD; walk 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 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 well-pleasing to the LORD;

proving what is acceptable to the Lord.

11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

And have no society with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.

12 for it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret,

For it is scandalous but to mention the things done of them in secret.

13 and all the things reproved by the light are revealed, for everything that is revealed is light;

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 for this reason it says, “Arouse yourself, you who are sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ will shine on you.”

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

15 See, then, how exactly you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Take heed, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 do not become fools because of this, but—understanding what [is] the will of the LORD,

Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.

18 and do not be drunk with wine, in which is wastefulness, but be filled in the Spirit,

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is sottishness, but be 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,

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in the heart to the Lord;

20 always giving thanks for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father,

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

21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

being subject one to another in the fear of God.

22 The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,

Wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the Assembly, and He is Savior of the 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 but even as the Assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives [subject] to their own husbands in everything.

As then the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,

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

26 that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

that he might sanctify it, purifying it in the laver of water by the word,

27 that He might present the Assembly to Himself in glory, having no spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

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 the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;

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

29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and nurtures it, as also the LORD—the Assembly,

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

30 because we are members of His body, [[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 will a man leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be into 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 secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the Assembly;

This mystery is great: but I am speaking with regard to Christ, and with regard to the church.

33 but you also, everyone in particular—let each so love his own wife as himself, and the wife—that she may revere the 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.