Ephesians 5

1 Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,

Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;

2 And walk in love—even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

3 But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you—even as becometh saints;

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

4 And shamelessness and foolish talking, or jesting, —which things are beneath you, —but, rather, giving of thanks;

Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose; but rather giving of thanks.

5 For, this, ye know, if ye take note—that no fornicator, or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

For know you this and understand, that no fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person (which is a serving of idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy:

Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.

7 Do not, then, become co-partners with them;

Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, —as children of light, be walking,

For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the 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 justice, and truth;

10 Putting to the test what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

Proving what is well pleasing to God:

11 And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For, of the secret things which are brought to pass by them, it is, shameful, even to speak!

For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

13 All things, however, when reproved by the light, become manifest, for, all that of itself maketh manifest, is, light;

But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that is made manifest is light.

14 Wherefore it saith—Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

15 Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, —not as unwise, but as wise, —

See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,

16 Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God.

18 And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; —

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit,

19 Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;

Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord;

20 Giving thanks, always, for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto your God and Father;

Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, —

Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

22 Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,

Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:

23 Because, a husband, is the head of his wife, as, the Christ also, is the head of the assembly, he, being the saviour of the body, —

Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.

24 Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:

Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.

25 Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it:

26 That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,

That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:

27 That, he, might present, unto himself, the assembly, all glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any of such things, but that she should be holy and blameless;

That he might present it 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 [also] to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies, —he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,

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

29 No one, in fact, ever yet hated, his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, —even as, the Christ, the assembly,

For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:

30 Because, members, are we of his body; —

Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and will cleave unto his wife, and, they two, shall become, one flesh.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

32 This sacred secret, is, great, —I, however, am speaking as to Christ and [as to] the assembly; —

This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church.

33 Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife, [see] that she reverence her husband.

Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.