Ephesians 5
1 Become, then, followers of God, as beloved children,
Be ye therefore imitators of God as his dear children; and walk in love,
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,
even as Christ hath loved us, and given Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of sweet perfume.
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 inordinate desire, let it not be even named among you; for so it becometh saints:
4 also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting—the things not fit—but rather thanksgiving;
nor ribaldry, nor buffoonery, nor wanton jesting, which are not meet: 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, that no whoremonger, 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 vain words, for because of these things comes the anger of God on the sons of the disobedience;
Let no one deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 do not become, then, partakers with them,
Therefore be not partners with them.
8 for you were once darkness, and now light in the LORD; walk as children of light,
For ye were heretofore darkness, but now ye are light in the Lord:
9 for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
walk therefore as children of light, (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, )
10 proving what is well-pleasing to the LORD;
approving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.
11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
And have no communion with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 for it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret,
For it is a shame even to relate the things that are done by them in secret.
13 and all the things reproved by the light are revealed, for everything that is revealed is light;
But all things to be reproved: are made manifest by the light: for whatever doth make 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 give thee light.
15 See, then, how exactly you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise men:
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 not thoughtless, but consider 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 riotous excess; 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 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 the God and Father,
always giving thanks for all to God even the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ:
21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of God.
22 The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,
Wives, be subject 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, even as Christ is the head of the church: and the saviour of that body.
24 but even as the Assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives [subject] to their own husbands in everything.
As the church then is subject to Christ, so also should 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 wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:
26 that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
to sanctify and cleanse it with the washing 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 prepare it for Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it should 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;
Men ought so to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his 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 one ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord also doth the church:
30 because we are members of His body, [[of His flesh, and of His bones.]]
for we are members of his body, as if taken out of his flesh, and of his bones, as Eve was out of Adam's.
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 be joined to his wife, and they two shall be 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 concerning Christ and 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 in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife reverence her husband.
