[Ephesians 5]

 

             ^5:1 Therefore, become^° imitators of God, as beloved children, ^5:2 and walk^° in love^*, just-as the Christ also loved^* us and gave himself up on our behalf as an offering and a sacrifice to God ^*for an aroma of a sweet-fragrance.

 

             ^5:3 But do not let fornication and all uncleanness or greed even be named among you^°, as is suitable to holy-ones; ^5:4 and do not allow obscenity, and foolish-talk or crude-humor, which are not proper, but rather thanksgiving. ^5:5 For^* this you^° are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean person, or greedy person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. ^5:6 Let no one deceive you^° with empty words; for^* because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience. ^5:7 Therefore, do^° not become joint partakers with them. ^5:8 For^* you^° were previously darkness, but now you^° are light in the Lord. Walk^° as children of light ^5:9 (for^* the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), ^5:10 testing what is well pleasing to the Lord. ^5:11 And have^° no fellowship together-with the unfruitful works of darkness, but also rather reprove^° them, ^5:12 for^* it is shameful even to speak of the things happening by them covertly. ^5:13 But all things which are reproved, are manifested by the light, for^* everything which is manifested is light. ^5:14 Hence he says, Arise, he who is sleeping, and rise^* up from the dead and the Christ will gleam upon you.

 

             ^5:15 Therefore, beware^° how accurately you^° are walking, not as unwise, but as wise, ^5:16 buying up the time, because the days are evil. ^5:17 Because of this, do^° not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. ^5:18 And do^° not be drunk with wine, in which there is riotousness, but be^° filled in the Spirit, ^5:19 speaking to yourselves in psalms and in hymns and in spiritual songs, singing and singing-praise in your^° heart to the Lord; ^5:20 giving-thanks always on behalf of all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God and Father; ^5:21 and being subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

 

             ^5:22 The wives subject^° yourselves to your^° own husbands, as to the Lord, ^5:23 because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is also the head of the congregation^* of believers; he himself is the savior of the body. ^5:24 But just-like the congregation^* is subject to the Christ, so let the wives also be subject to their own husbands in all things.

             ^5:25 The husbands, love^*° your^° own wives, just-as the Christ also loved^* the congregation^* and gave himself up on her behalf, ^5:26 in-order-that he might make her holy, cleansed her in the full-washing of the water in the word, ^5:27 in-order-that he might present her to himself, the glorious congregation^*, not having stain or wrinkle or any such things, but in-order-that she should be holy and unblemished. ^5:28 So the husbands ought to love^* their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves^* his own wife loves^* himself. ^5:29 For^* no one ever hated his own flesh, but is nourishing and cherishing it, just-as the Lord also does the congregation^* of believers, ^5:30 because we are members of his body, out-of his flesh and out-of his bones. ^5:31 Because of this, a man will be leaving his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will be joined into one flesh. {Gen 2:24} ^5:32 This mystery is great, but I am speaking in regard to Christ and in regard to the congregation^* of believers. ^5:33 However to you^° also every one, let each thus love^* his own wife like himself, and let the wife that^* she should fear {i.e., respect} the husband.