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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 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. | Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance. |
| 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 sexual immorality, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as 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. | nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks. |
| 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. | Know 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. |
| 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 man deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience. |
| Ephesians 5:7 | Be not ye therefore partakers with them; | Be not ye therefore partakers with them. | Don't be therefore 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 you were once darkness, but are 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 Spirit 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 well-pleasing 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. | Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even 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 which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of. |
| 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, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that is revealed 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. | Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." |
| 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, | Therefore watch carefully how you walk, 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. | Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. |
| 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; | Don't be drunken with wine, in which is an abandoned life, 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 one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in 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 always for all things in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father; |
| Ephesians 5:21 | subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. | Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. | subjecting yourselves one to 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, be subject 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 the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior 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 as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their 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 wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave 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, | that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with 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 gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. |
| 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. | Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who 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 man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also 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. | because we are members of his body, of his flesh and 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. | "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become 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 in regard of Christ and of 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. | Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |
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