- 1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
- 2And 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.
- 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
- 4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
- 5For 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.
- 6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
- 8For 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;)
- 10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
- 11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- 12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
- 13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
- 14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- 15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
- 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- 17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
- 18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
- 19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- 20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
- 21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
- 22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- 23For 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.
- 24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
- 25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
- 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
- 27That 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.
- 28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
- 29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- 30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
- 31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
- 32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
- 33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
KING JAMES VERSION
EPHESIANS 5
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Ephesians 5 — Believers leave darkness, walk wisely in love and light, worship with thanksgiving, and reflect Christ’s self-giving care in marriage.
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The night street, bright doorway, worship, water basin, clean garment, and mutually serving couple combine the chapter’s ethical and marriage teaching. The scene avoids eroticism, dominance, and a literal portrayal of the church as a woman.
Scripture basis: Ephesians 5:1–33King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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3rd Century
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