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| Ephesians 5:1 | Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; | Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; | Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children, |
| Ephesians 5:2 | and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell. | 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. | and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. |
| Ephesians 5:3 | But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; | But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; | But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints; |
| Ephesians 5:4 | nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. | Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. | and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving. |
| Ephesians 5:5 | For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. | 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. | For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. |
| Ephesians 5:6 | Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. | Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. | Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. |
| Ephesians 5:7 | Be not ye therefore partakers with them; | Be not ye therefore partakers with them. | Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them; |
| Ephesians 5:8 | For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light | For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: | for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light, |
| Ephesians 5:9 | (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), | (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) | (for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,) |
| Ephesians 5:10 | proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; | Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. | proving what is agreeable to the Lord; |
| Ephesians 5:11 | and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; | And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. | and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove [them], |
| Ephesians 5:12 | for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. | For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. | for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say. |
| Ephesians 5:13 | But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light. | But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. | But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light. |
| Ephesians 5:14 | Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. | Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. | Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. |
| Ephesians 5:15 | Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; | See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, | See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise, |
| Ephesians 5:16 | redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
| Ephesians 5:17 | Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. | Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. | For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord. |
| Ephesians 5:18 | And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; | And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; | And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, |
| Ephesians 5:19 | speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; | Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; | speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; |
| Ephesians 5:20 | giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; | Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; | giving thanks at all times for all things to him [who is] God and [the] Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| Ephesians 5:21 | subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. | Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. | submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ. |
| Ephesians 5:22 | Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. | Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. | Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the Lord, |
| Ephesians 5:23 | For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body. | 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. | for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body. |
| Ephesians 5:24 | But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything. | Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. | But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything. |
| Ephesians 5:25 | Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; | Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; | Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it, |
| Ephesians 5:26 | that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, | That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, | in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word, |
| Ephesians 5:27 | that he might present the church to himself a glorious [church], not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. | 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. | that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless. |
| Ephesians 5:28 | Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: | So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. | So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself. |
| Ephesians 5:29 | for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church; | For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: | For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly: |
| Ephesians 5:30 | because we are members of his body. | For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. | for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.] |
| Ephesians 5:31 | For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. | 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. | Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh. |
| Ephesians 5:32 | This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. | This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. | This mystery is great, but *I* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly. |
| Ephesians 5:33 | Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and [let] the wife [see] that she fear her husband. | Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. | But *ye* also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife [I speak] that she may fear the husband. |
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