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Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.

Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

Ephesians 5:2

And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

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.

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 every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be 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

Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting they are all alike discreditable and in place of these give thanks.

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: 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 be well assured that no fornicator or immoral person and no money-grubber or in other words idol-worshipper has any share awaiting him in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.

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.

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 one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.

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 empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not become sharers with them.

Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

Don't be therefore partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:8

There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.

For ye were once darkness, but are now 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

Live and act as sons of Light for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth

(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,

Ephesians 5:10

and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.

proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11

Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even 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 these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.

for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

For the things which are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.

Ephesians 5:13

But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made 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

For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."

Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.

Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Ephesians 5:15

Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Ephesians 5:16

Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:17

On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:18

Do not over-indulge in wine a thing in which excess is so easy

And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, 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

but drink deeply of God's Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and offer praise in your hearts to the Lord.

speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with 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

Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented 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;

giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

Ephesians 5:21

and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Ephesians 5:22

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:23

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

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, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

Ephesians 5:24

And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands in everything.

But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:25

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

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 assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Ephesians 5:26

in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal 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 bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

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 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

So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own 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 never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also 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, as it were, parts of His Body.

because we are members of his body.

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

Ephesians 5:31

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

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 a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."

Ephesians 5:32

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.

This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

This mystery is great, but I speak in regard of Christ and of the assembly.

Ephesians 5:33

Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.

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 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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