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, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a 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 uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

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

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

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 of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and 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 empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons 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 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 well-pleasing to the LORD;

proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

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

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

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

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

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

But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

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 shine upon thee.

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

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, 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,

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, 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 songs, singing and making melody with your 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.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

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

Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto 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 Christ also is the head of the church, [being] 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.

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

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

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up 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, having cleansed it by the washing of water with 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 the church 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 ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;

Even so ought husbands also 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 Christ also the church;

30 because we are members of His body, [[of His flesh, and of His bones.]]

because we are members of his body.

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 cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the Assembly;

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of 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 do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.