Ephesians
Chapter 5World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
8For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
14Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
For we are members of His body.
31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
World English Bible and Berean Standard Bible. Words of Jesus in gold; words the KJV translators added are in italics. Tap a verse number to copy, share or listen from there.