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Ephesians 5

New International Reader's Version NIRV

1 You are the children that God dearly loves. So be just like him.

2 Lead a life of love, just as Christ did. He loved us. He gave himself up for us. He was a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

3 There should not be even a hint of sexual sin among you. Don't do anything unclean. And do not always want more and more. Things like that are not what God's holy people should do.

4 There must not be any unclean speech or foolish talk or dirty jokes. All of them are out of place. Instead, you should give thanks.

5 Here is what you can be sure of. Those who give themselves over to sexual sins are lost. So are people whose lives are not pure. The same is true of those who always want more and more. People who do those things might as well worship statues of gods. No one who does them will receive a share in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Don't let anyone fool you with words that don't mean anything. Because of things like that, God is angry with those who don't obey.

7 So don't go along with people like that.

8 At one time you were in the dark. But now you are in the light because of what the Lord has done. Live like children of the light.

9 The light produces what is completely good, right and true.

10 Find out what pleases the Lord.

11 Have nothing to do with the acts of darkness. They don't produce anything good. Show what they are really like.

12 It is shameful even to talk about what people who don't obey do in secret.

13 But everything the light shines on can be seen.

14 Light makes everything clear. That is why it is said, "Wake up, sleeper. Rise from the dead. Then Christ will shine on you."

15 So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren't wise. Live like people who are wise.

16 Make the most of every opportunity. The days are evil.

17 So don't be foolish. Instead, understand what the Lord wants.

18 Don't fill yourself up with wine. Getting drunk will lead to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.

19 Speak to each other with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.

20 Always give thanks to God the Father for everything. Give thanks to him in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

21 Follow the lead of one another because of your respect for Christ.

22 Wives, follow the lead of your husbands as you follow the Lord.

23 The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ's body. He is its Savior.

24 The church follows the lead of Christ. In the same way, wives should follow the lead of their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives. Love them just as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her.

26 He did it to make her holy. He made her clean by washing her with water and the word.

27 He did it to bring her to himself as a brightly shining church. He wants a church that has no stain or wrinkle or any other flaw. He wants a church that is holy and without blame.

28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives. They should love them as they love their own bodies. Any man who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, people have never hated their own bodies. Instead, they feed and care for their bodies. And that is what Christ does for the church.

30 We are parts of his body.

31 Scripture says, "That's why a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two will become one."(Genesis 2:24)

32 That is a deep mystery. But I'm talking about Christ and the church.

33 A husband also must love his wife. He must love her just as he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 estote ergo imitatores Dei sicut filii carissimi

2 et ambulate in dilectione sicut et Christus dilexit nos et tradidit se ipsum pro nobis oblationem et hostiam Deo in odorem suavitatis

3 fornicatio autem et omnis inmunditia aut avaritia nec nominetur in vobis sicut decet sanctos

4 aut turpitudo aut stultiloquium aut scurrilitas quae ad rem non pertinent sed magis gratiarum actio

5 hoc enim scitote intellegentes quod omnis fornicator aut inmundus aut avarus quod est idolorum servitus non habet hereditatem in regno Christi et Dei

6 nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis propter haec enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiae

7 nolite ergo effici participes eorum

8 eratis enim aliquando tenebrae nunc autem lux in Domino ut filii lucis ambulate

9 fructus enim lucis est in omni bonitate et iustitia et veritate

10 probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo

11 et nolite communicare operibus infructuosis tenebrarum magis autem et redarguite

12 quae enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis turpe est et dicere

13 omnia autem quae arguuntur a lumine manifestantur omne enim quod manifestatur lumen est

14 propter quod dicit surge qui dormis et exsurge a mortuis et inluminabit tibi Christus

15 videte itaque fratres quomodo caute ambuletis non quasi insipientes sed ut sapientes

16 redimentes tempus quoniam dies mali sunt

17 propterea nolite fieri inprudentes sed intellegentes quae sit voluntas Domini

18 et nolite inebriari vino in quo est luxuria sed implemini Spiritu

19 loquentes vobismet ipsis in psalmis et hymnis et canticis spiritalibus cantantes et psallentes in cordibus vestris Domino

20 gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi Deo et Patri

21 subiecti invicem in timore Christi

22 mulieres viris suis subditae sint sicut Domino

23 quoniam vir caput est mulieris sicut Christus caput est ecclesiae ipse salvator corporis

24 sed ut ecclesia subiecta est Christo ita et mulieres viris suis in omnibus

25 viri diligite uxores sicut et Christus dilexit ecclesiam et se ipsum tradidit pro ea

26 ut illam sanctificaret mundans lavacro aquae in verbo

27 ut exhiberet ipse sibi gloriosam ecclesiam non habentem maculam aut rugam aut aliquid eiusmodi sed ut sit sancta et inmaculata

28 ita et viri debent diligere uxores suas ut corpora sua qui suam uxorem diligit se ipsum diligit

29 nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit sed nutrit et fovet eam sicut et Christus ecclesiam

30 quia membra sumus corporis eius de carne eius et de ossibus eius

31 propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam et adherebit uxori suae et erunt duo in carne una

32 sacramentum hoc magnum est ego autem dico in Christo et in ecclesia

33 verumtamen et vos singuli unusquisque suam uxorem sicut se ipsum diligat uxor autem ut timeat virum