Προς Εφεσιους 5
1 γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ⸀ἡμᾶςκαὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ⸀ἡμῶνπροσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.
and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
3 Πορνεία δὲ καὶ ⸂ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις,
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4 καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία, ⸂ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία.
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.
5 τοῦτο γὰρ ⸀ἴστεγινώσκοντες ὅ ι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ⸀ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ.
For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας.
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
7 μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·
Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
8 ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε,
for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light
9 ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ ⸀φωτὸςἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ,
(for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ·
proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;
11 καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε,
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;
12 τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν·
for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.
13 τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται,
But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.
14 πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. διὸ λέγει· Ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.
Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
15 Βλέπετε οὖν ⸂ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί,
Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
16 ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ ⸀συνίετετί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου·
Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι,
And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
19 λαλοῦντες ⸀ἑαυτοῖςψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ⸀ψάλλοντεςτῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ,
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
20 εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί,
giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
21 ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ.
subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
22 Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ⸀ἀνδράσινὡς τῷ κυρίῳ,
Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ⸀αὐτὸςσωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.
24 ἀλλὰ ⸀ὡςἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ Χριστῷ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ⸀τοῖςἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.
25 Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς ⸀γυναῖκας καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς,
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
26 ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
27 ἵνα παραστήσῃ ⸀αὐτὸςἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος.
that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν ⸀καὶοἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ,
Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:
29 οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ⸀Χριστὸςτὴν ἐκκλησίαν,
for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;
30 ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος ⸀αὐτοῦ
because we are members of his body.
31 ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος ⸀τὸν⸀πατέρακαὶ ⸀τὴνμητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται ⸂τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.
32 τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.
This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.
33 πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.
Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband.
