Ephesians 5
Be Imitators of God
1 aTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2and bwalk in love, just as Christ also cloved ▼▼One early ms us
you and egave Himself up for us, an foffering and a sacrifice to God ▼▼Lit for an odor of fragrance
as a hfragrant aroma. 3 But isexual immorality ▼▼Lit and all
or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among ▼▼Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
saints; 4and there must be no lfilthiness ▼▼Lit and
or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which nare not fitting, but rather ogiving of thanks. 5For this you know with certainty, that pno sexually immoral or ▼▼I.e., morally impure
impure or greedy person, which ▼▼Lit is
amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom sof Christ and God. 6 tSee that no one deceives you with empty words, for because of these things uthe wrath of God comes upon vthe ▼▼I.e., people opposed to God
sons of disobedience. 7Therefore do not become xpartners with them; 8for yyou were once zdarkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as aachildren of light 9(for abthe fruit of the light consists in all acgoodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 ▼▼Lit putting to the test what
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aeas you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 afDo not participate in the useless agdeeds of ahdarkness, but instead even aiexpose them; 12for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13But all things become visible ajwhen they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 14For this reason ▼▼Or He
it says,“ alAwake, sleeper,And arise from amthe dead,
And Christ anwill shine on you.”
15 So then, ▼
▼Lit look carefully
be careful how you apwalk, not aqas unwise people but as wise, 16 ▼▼Lit redeeming the time
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asmaking the most of your time, because atthe days are evil. 17Therefore do not be foolish, but auunderstand what the will of the Lord is. 18And avdo not get drunk with wine, ▼▼Or by which
in which there is axdebauchery, but be ayfilled with the Spirit, 19 azspeaking to ▼▼Or yourselves
one another in bbpsalms and bchymns and spiritual bdsongs, besinging and making melody with your hearts to the Lord; 20 bfalways giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our bgGod and Father; 21 ▼▼Lit being submissive to
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biand subject yourselves to one another in the ▼▼Or reverence for
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bkfear of Christ. Marriage like Christ and the Church
22 blWives, bmsubject yourselves to your own husbands, bnas to the Lord. 23For bothe husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the bphead of the church, He Himself bqbeing the Savior of the body. 24But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. 25 brHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and bsgave Himself up for her, 26 btso that He might sanctify her, having bucleansed her by the bvwashing of water with bwthe word, 27that He might bxpresent to Himself the church ▼▼Lit glorious
in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be bzholy and blameless. 28So husbands also ought to calove their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30because we are cbparts of His ccbody. 31 cdFor this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to celove his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she cfrespects her husband.
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