Ephesians 5
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 And walk in love, as also Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.
3 But there must not be even a suggestion among you of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or of greed, for these are improper for God's holy people.
But lewdness, and all manner of uncleanness, or covetousness, let them not be named among you, as it becomes saints;
4 Let there be no filthiness, no foolish talk, and no crude jokes—all of which are improper. Instead there should be thanksgiving.
nor obscene language, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not becoming; but rather the cheerful words of a thankful heart.
5 For you can be sure of this, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
For you know this, that no lewd nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the anger of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with vain words: for on account of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Therefore, do not join in with them.
Therefore, be not partakers with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
For you were formerly darkness; but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of light;
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth; )
10 and find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
learning what is acceptable to the Lord;
11 Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
and do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
12 For it is shameful even to mention the things they do in secret.
for it is a shame even to speak of the things that are done by them in secret.
13 But when anything is illuminated by the light, it becomes visible.
But all these works, when reproved, are made manifest by the light: for every thing that makes manifest is light.
14 For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Wherefore, the scripture says: Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.
15 Look carefully how you live—not as unwise but as wise.
See, then, that you walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise men,
16 Redeem 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.
Wherefore, be not ignorant, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to reckless behavior. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father,
giving thanks to our God and Father always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 submitting yourselves to one another in reverence for Christ.
being subject one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord.
Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord:
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and Christ himself is its savior.
for the husband is the head of the wife, as the Christ also is the head of the church; and he is the savior of the body.
24 But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives must submit to their husbands in everything.
But as the church is subject to the Christ, so, also, let the wives be subject to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Husbands, love your wives, as the Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it,
26 Christ gave himself for the church so that he might make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of water through the word,
27 so that he might present her to himself as glorious, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without fault.
in order that he might present it to himself a glorious church, having neither stain, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 In the same way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself;
29 For no one ever hated his own body, but nourishes and treats it with care, just as Christ nourishes and treats the church with care,
for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Christ the church:
30 because we are members of his body.
because we are members of his body, being of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 “For this reason 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 a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
32 This hidden truth is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
Great is this mystery; but I speak of Christ and of the church.
33 Nevertheless, each of you also must love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
But yet, let each one of you so love his wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.
