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Ephesians 5

King James Version KJV

1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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

20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,

2 and live in love, just as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us an offering and sacrifice to God for a fragrant smell.

3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or greediness, must not even be named among you (as is fitting for saints),

4 and obscenity, and foolish talk, or coarse jesting (which [are] not proper), but rather thanksgiving.

5 For this you know {for certain}, that every sexually immoral [person], or unclean [person], or greedy [person] (who is an idolater), does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these [things] the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

7 Therefore do not be sharers with them,

8 for you were formerly darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. Live like children of light

9 (for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

10 trying to learn what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

11 And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even expose [them].

12 For it is shameful even to speak [about] the things being [done] by them in secret,

13 but all [things] exposed by the light are made visible,

14 for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.<note: A quotation of unknown origin with possible allusions to Isa 26:19, 51:17, 52:1, 60:1>

15 Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

16 making the most of the time because the days are evil.

17 Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord [is].

18 And do not be drunk with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,

19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and singing praise in your heart to the Lord,

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

21 being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ

22 --wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,

23 because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

24 But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

26 in order that he might sanctify her by cleansing [her] with the washing of water by the word;

27 in order that he might present to himself the church glorious, not having a spot or wrinkle or any such [thing], but that she may be holy and blameless.

28 Thus also husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. The one who loves his own wife loves himself.

29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as also Christ [does] the church,

30 because we are members of his body.

31 "For this [reason] a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

32 (This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.)

33 Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.