Ephesians 5
1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2 And walk in love, even as Messiah also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5 Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, that is, an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Messiah and God.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you were once darkness, but now you are 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 consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you."
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
Pay careful attention, then, to how you 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 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your heart to the Lord;
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus (the) Messiah to God the Father;
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Messiah.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Messiah also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
24 But as the church is subject to Messiah, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Messiah also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 that he might present the church to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Messiah also does the church;
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
For we are members of His body.
31 "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and of the church.
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
