Ephesians 5
1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Become, then, followers of God, as beloved children,
2 And walk in love, even as Christ 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, 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,
3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, do not let it even be named among you, as is proper to holy ones;
4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting—the things not fit—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 Christ and God.
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.
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 vain words, for because of these things comes the anger of God on the sons of the disobedience;
7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.
do not become, then, 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, and 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 to the LORD;
11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
12 For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
for it is a shame even to speak of the things done by them in secret,
13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
and all the things reproved by the light are revealed, for everything that is revealed is light;
14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
for this reason it says, “Arouse yourself, you who are sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ will shine on you.”
15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
See, then, how exactly 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.
do not become fools because of this, but—understanding what [is] the will of the LORD,
18 Do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
and do not be drunk with wine, in which is wastefulness, but be filled in the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music 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 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father;
always giving thanks for all things, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father,
21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the savior of the body.
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the Assembly, and He is Savior of the body,
24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.
but even as the Assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives [subject] to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
The husbands: love your own wives, as the Christ also loved the Assembly, and gave Himself for it,
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
that He might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
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.
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;
28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—he loves himself;
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the church;
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and nurtures it, as also the LORD—the Assembly,
30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
because we are members of His body, [[of His flesh, and of His bones.]]
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 cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh”;
32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the church.
this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the Assembly;
33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
but you also, everyone in particular—let each so love his own wife as himself, and the wife—that she may revere the husband.
