Ephesians 5
1 Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,
Γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά,
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.
καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ˚Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ὑμᾶς, καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ ˚Θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.
3 But, fornication, and all impurity, or covetousness, let it not be named among you—even as becometh saints;
Πορνεία δὲ, καὶ ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα, ἢ πλεονεξία, μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις,
4 And shamelessness and foolish talking, or jesting, —which things are beneath you, —but, rather, giving of thanks;
καὶ αἰσχρότης, καὶ μωρολογία, ἢ εὐτραπελία, ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία.
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.
Τοῦτο γὰρ ἴστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος, ἢ ἀκάθαρτος, ἢ πλεονέκτης, ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ καὶ ˚Θεοῦ.
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:
Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις διὰ ταῦτα, γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας.
7 Do not, then, become co-partners with them;
Μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
8 For ye were, at one time, darkness, but, now, are ye light in the Lord, —as children of light, be walking,
ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν ˚Κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε
9 For, the fruit of the light, is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth, —
(ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ, καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ, καὶ ἀληθείᾳ),
10 Putting to the test what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ.
11 And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;
Καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε,
12 For, of the secret things which are brought to pass by them, it is, shameful, even to speak!
τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν, αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν.
13 All things, however, when reproved by the light, become manifest, for, all that of itself maketh manifest, is, light;
Τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται, πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν.
14 Wherefore it saith—Up! thou sleeper, and arise from among the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
Διὸ λέγει, “Ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ ˚Χριστός.”
15 Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking, —not as unwise, but as wise, —
Βλέπετε οὖν ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι, ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί,
16 Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;
ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν.
17 For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;
Διὰ τοῦτο, μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνίετε τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ ˚Κυρίου.
18 And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; —
Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν ˚Πνεύματι,
19 Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;
λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ἐν ψαλμοῖς, καὶ ὕμνοις, καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ,
20 Giving thanks, always, for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto your God and Father;
εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ ˚Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ˚Ἰησοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ, τῷ ˚Θεῷ καὶ Πατρί,
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, —
ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ ˚Χριστοῦ.
22 Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ ˚Κυρίῳ,
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, —
ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς, ὡς καὶ ὁ ˚Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς Σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.
24 Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:
Ἀλλʼ ὡς ἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ ˚Χριστῷ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί.
25 Ye husbands, be loving your wives, even as, the Christ also, loved the assembly, and delivered, himself, up in her behalf,
Οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ˚Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς,
26 That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,
ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ, καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
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;
ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον, ἢ ῥυτίδα, ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος.
28 So, ought the husbands [also] to be loving their own wives, as their own bodies, —he that loveth his own wife, loveth himself,
Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας, ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. Ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα, ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ.
29 No one, in fact, ever yet hated, his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, —even as, the Christ, the assembly,
Οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ˚Χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν,
30 Because, members, are we of his body; —
ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ.
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.
“Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα, καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.”
32 This sacred secret, is, great, —I, however, am speaking as to Christ and [as to] the assembly; —
Τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς ˚Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.
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.
Πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς, οἱ καθʼ ἕνα, ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ, ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.
