Ephesians 5

1 Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

2 and walke ye in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and yaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse.

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

3 And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men;

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

4 ethir filthe, or foli speche, or harlatrye, that perteyneth not to profit, but more doyng of thankyngis.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, — the things not fit — but rather thanksgiving;

5 For wite ye this, and vndurstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the kingdom of Crist and of God.

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

6 No man disseyue you bi veyn wordis; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

7 Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem.

become not, then, partakers with them,

8 For ye weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ye ben liyt in the Lord. Walke ye as the sones of liyt.

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

9 For the fruyt of liyt is in al goodnesse, and riytwisnesse, and treuthe.

for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

10 And preue ye what `thing is wel plesynge to God.

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

11 And nyle ye comyne to vnfruytouse werkis of derknessis; but more repreue ye.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

12 For what thingis ben don of hem in priuy, it is foule, yhe, to speke.

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

13 And alle thingis that ben repreuyd of the liyt, ben opynli schewid; for al thing that is schewid, is liyt.

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

14 For which thing he seith, Rise thou that slepist, and rise vp fro deth, and Crist schal liytne thee.

wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

15 Therfor, britheren, se ye, hou warli ye schulen go;

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

16 not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

17 Therfor nyle ye be maad vnwise, but vndurstondynge which is the wille of God.

because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,

18 And nyle ye be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ye fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ye to you silf in salmes,

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

19 and ymnes, and spiritual songis, syngynge and seiynge salm in youre hertis to the Lord;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 euermore doynge thankingis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and to the fadir.

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

21 Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

22 Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis,

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

23 as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

24 But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.

25 Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

26 and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,

27 to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid.

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

28 So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife — himself he doth love;

29 for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche.

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord — the assembly,

30 And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys.

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

31 For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh;'

32 This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche.

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

33 Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.

but ye also, every one in particular — let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife — that she may reverence the husband.