Ephesians 5 — ASVBT
5Verse 1Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;Verse 2and walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.Verse 3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;Verse 4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, things that are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.Verse 5For this ye know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.Verse 6Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.Verse 7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;Verse 8for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of lightVerse 9(for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),Verse 10proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;Verse 11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;Verse 12for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.Verse 13But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.Verse 14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.Verse 15See then that ye walk carefully, not as unwise, but as wise;Verse 16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.Verse 17Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.Verse 18And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;Verse 19speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;Verse 20giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;Verse 21subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.Verse 22Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.Verse 23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, and he is the savior of the body.Verse 24But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.Verse 25Husbands, love your own wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;Verse 26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,Verse 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.Verse 28So ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:Verse 29for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord also the church;Verse 30because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.Verse 31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.Verse 32This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.Verse 33Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.