Ephesians 5
1 Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved 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.
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.
3 But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you—even as becometh saints;
But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
4 And shamelessness and foolish talking, or jesting, —which things are beneath you, —but, rather, giving of thanks;
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, 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.
Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and 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 one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7 Do not, then, become co-partners with them;
Therefore don’t be 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 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 Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
10 Putting to the test what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
11 And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
12 For, of the secret things which are brought to pass by them, it is, shameful, even to speak!
For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 All things, however, when reproved by the light, become manifest, for, all that of itself maketh manifest, is, light;
But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
14 Wherefore it saith—Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, —not as unwise, but as wise, —
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
16 Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;
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;
Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; —
Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the 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 one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart 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 concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, —
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
Wives, be subject to your own 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, —
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
24 Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:
But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
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, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
26 That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
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 the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
28 So, ought the husbands [also] to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies, —he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,
Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves 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 nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
30 Because, members, are we of his body; —
because we are members of his body, of his flesh and 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 a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
32 This sacred secret, is, great, —I, however, am speaking as to Christ and [as to] the assembly; —
This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
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 each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
