1 Быва́йте ᲂу҆̀бо подража́телє бг҃ꙋ, ꙗ҆́коже ча̑да возлю́блєннаѧ, 2 и҆ ходи́те въ любвѝ, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ хрⷭ҇то́съ возлюби́лъ є҆́сть на́съ, и҆ предадѐ себѐ за ны̀ приноше́нїе и҆ же́ртвꙋ бг҃ꙋ въ воню̀ благоꙋха́нїѧ. 3 Блꙋ́дъ же и҆ всѧ́ка нечистота̀ и҆ лихои́мство нижѐ да и҆менꙋ́етсѧ въ ва́съ, ꙗ҆́коже подоба́етъ ст҃ы̑мъ: 4 и҆ скверносло́вїе, и҆ бꙋесло́вїе, и҆лѝ кощꙋ́ны, ꙗ҆̀же неподѡ́бнаѧ, но па́че благодаре́нїе: 5 сїе́ бо да вѣ́сте, ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ́къ блꙋдни́къ, и҆лѝ нечи́стъ, и҆лѝ лихои́мецъ, и҆́же є҆́сть і҆дѡлослꙋжи́тель, не и҆́мать достоѧ́нїѧ въ црⷭ҇твїи хрⷭ҇та̀ и҆ бг҃а. 6 Никто́же ва́съ да льсти́тъ сꙋ́етными словесы̀, си́хъ бо ра́ди грѧде́тъ гнѣ́въ бж҃їй на сы́ны непокори̑выѧ. 7 Не быва́йте ᲂу҆̀бо соприча̑стницы си̑мъ. 8 Бѣ́сте бо и҆ногда̀ тьма̀, нн҃ѣ же свѣ́тъ ѡ҆ гдⷭ҇ѣ: ꙗ҆́коже ча̑да свѣ́та ходи́те: 9 пло́дъ бо дх҃о́вный є҆́сть во всѧ́цѣй бл҃госты́ни и҆ пра́вдѣ и҆ и҆́стинѣ: 10 и҆скꙋша́юще, что̀ є҆́сть бл҃гоꙋго́дно бг҃ови: 11 и҆ не приѡбща́йтесѧ къ дѣлѡ́мъ неплѡ́днымъ тьмы̀, па́че же и҆ ѡ҆блича́йте. 12 Быва́ємаѧ бо ѡ҆́тай ѿ ни́хъ, сра́мно є҆́сть и҆ глаго́лати. 13 Всѧ̑ же ѡ҆блича́ємаѧ ѿ свѣ́та ꙗ҆влѧ́ютсѧ, все́ бо ꙗ҆влѧ́емое свѣ́тъ є҆́сть: 14 сегѡ̀ ра́ди глаго́летъ: воста́ни, спѧ́й, и҆ воскреснѝ ѿ ме́ртвыхъ, и҆ ѡ҆свѣти́тъ тѧ̀ хрⷭ҇то́съ. 15 Блюди́те ᲂу҆̀бо, ка́кѡ ѡ҆па́снѡ хо́дите, не ꙗ҆́коже немꙋ́дри, но ꙗ҆́коже премꙋ́дри, 16 и҆скꙋпꙋ́юще вре́мѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ дні́е лꙋка́ви сꙋ́ть. 17 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди не быва́йте несмы́сленни, но разꙋмѣва́йте, что̀ є҆́сть во́лѧ бж҃їѧ. 18 И҆ не ᲂу҆пива́йтесѧ вїно́мъ, въ не́мже є҆́сть блꙋ́дъ: но па́че и҆сполнѧ́йтесѧ дх҃омъ, 19 глаго́люще себѣ̀ во ѱалмѣ́хъ и҆ пѣ́нїихъ и҆ пѣ́снехъ дꙋхо́вныхъ, воспѣва́юще и҆ пою́ще въ сердца́хъ ва́шихъ гдⷭ҇еви, 20 благодарѧ́ще всегда̀ ѡ҆ всѣ́хъ ѡ҆ и҆́мени гдⷭ҇а на́шегѡ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀ бг҃ꙋ и҆ ѻ҆ц҃ꙋ̀, 21 повинꙋ́ющесѧ дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́гꙋ въ стра́сѣ бж҃їи. 22 Жєны̀, свои̑мъ мꙋжє́мъ повинꙋ́йтесѧ, ꙗ҆́коже гдⷭ҇ꙋ, 23 занѐ мꙋ́жъ глава̀ є҆́сть жены̀, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ хрⷭ҇то́съ глава̀ цр҃кве, и҆ то́й є҆́сть сп҃си́тель тѣ́ла: 24 но ꙗ҆́коже цр҃ковь повинꙋ́етсѧ хрⷭ҇тꙋ̀, та́кожде и҆ жєны̀ свои̑мъ мꙋжє́мъ во все́мъ. 25 Мꙋ́жїе, люби́те своѧ̑ жєны̀, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ хрⷭ҇то́съ возлюбѝ цр҃ковь, и҆ себѐ предадѐ за ню̀, 26 да ѡ҆ст҃и́тъ ю҆̀, ѡ҆чⷭ҇тивъ ба́нею водно́ю въ гл҃го́лѣ: 27 да предста́витъ ю҆̀ себѣ̀ сла́внꙋ цр҃ковь, не и҆мꙋ́щꙋ скве́рны, и҆лѝ поро́ка, и҆лѝ нѣ́что ѿ таковы́хъ, но да бꙋ́детъ ст҃а и҆ непоро́чна. 28 Та́кѡ до́лжни сꙋ́ть мꙋ́жїе люби́ти своѧ̑ жєны̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ своѧ̑ тѣлеса̀: любѧ́й (бо) свою̀ женꙋ̀, себѐ сама́го лю́битъ. 29 Никто́же бо когда̀ свою̀ пло́ть возненави́дѣ, но пита́етъ и҆ грѣ́етъ ю҆̀, ꙗ҆́коже и҆ гдⷭ҇ь цр҃ковь: 30 занѐ ᲂу҆́ди є҆смы̀ тѣ́ла є҆гѡ̀, ѿ пл҃ти є҆гѡ̀ и҆ ѿ косте́й є҆гѡ̀. 31 Сегѡ̀ ра́ди ѡ҆ста́витъ человѣ́къ ѻ҆тца̀ своего̀ и҆ ма́терь, и҆ прилѣпи́тсѧ къ женѣ̀ свое́й, и҆ бꙋ́дета два̀ въ пло́ть є҆ди́нꙋ. 32 Та́йна сїѧ̀ велика̀ є҆́сть: а҆́зъ же глаго́лю во хрⷭ҇та̀ и҆ во цр҃ковь. 33 Ѻ҆ба́че и҆ вы̀, по є҆ди́номꙋ кі́йждо свою̀ женꙋ̀ си́це да лю́битъ, ꙗ҆́коже (и҆) себѐ: а҆ жена̀ да бои́тсѧ (своегѡ̀) мꙋ́жа.
Ephesians · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ephesians 5 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 John 4:11; 1 Peter 1:15–16; Ephesians 4:32; Matthew 5:48; Luke 6:35–36
- 2 John 13:34; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 2:15; Matthew 20:28
- 3 Colossians 3:5; Ephesians 5:5; Galatians 5:19–21; 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:3
- 4 Colossians 3:8; Ephesians 4:29; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Proverbs 15:2; James 3:4–8
- 5 Galatians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 6:9–10; Colossians 3:5; Revelation 22:15; Ephesians 5:3
- 6 Romans 1:18; Colossians 2:8; Matthew 24:4; 1 John 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
- 7 Revelation 18:4; 1 Timothy 5:22; Ephesians 5:11; Numbers 16:26; Proverbs 1:10–17
- 8 John 8:12; 1 John 1:7; John 12:46; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13
- 9 Galatians 5:22–23; 3 John 11; 1 John 3:9–10; Romans 15:14; Ephesians 6:14
- 10 Romans 12:1–2; Psalm 19:14; Hebrews 12:28; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Peter 2:20
- 11 Romans 13:12; 1 Timothy 5:20; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 John 10–11; Romans 16:17
- 12 Ephesians 5:3; Romans 2:16; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Jeremiah 23:24; 2 Samuel 12:12
- 13 John 3:20–21; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Hosea 2:10; Hosea 7:1; Micah 7:9
- 14 Isaiah 60:1; Romans 13:11–12; Isaiah 26:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; Isaiah 52:1
- 15 Colossians 4:5; James 3:13; Philippians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Proverbs 14:8
- 16 Colossians 4:5; Amos 5:13; John 12:35; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Ephesians 6:13
- 17 Romans 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Colossians 1:9; Ephesians 5:15; Jeremiah 4:22
- 18 Luke 1:15; Romans 13:13; Proverbs 20:1; Galatians 5:21–25; Acts 11:24
- 19 Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 14:26; Psalm 95:2; Acts 16:25; Psalm 147:7
- 20 Colossians 3:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; Hebrews 13:15; Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 5:4
- 21 Philippians 2:3; Ephesians 5:24; Ephesians 5:22; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 5:5
- 22 Colossians 3:18–4:1; 1 Peter 3:1–6; Titus 2:5; Genesis 3:16; Esther 1:20
- 23 1 Corinthians 11:3–10; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22–23; Ephesians 5:25–26; Ephesians 4:15
- 24 Ephesians 5:33; Titus 2:7; Colossians 3:20; Titus 2:9; Colossians 3:22
- 25 1 Peter 3:7; Colossians 3:19; Ephesians 5:28; Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:33
- 26 Hebrews 10:22; John 15:3; Ezekiel 36:25; John 3:5; John 17:17–19
- 27 Colossians 1:22; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 1:4
- 28 Ephesians 5:25; Matthew 19:5; Genesis 2:21–24; Ephesians 5:33; Ephesians 5:31
- 29 Ephesians 5:31; Ezekiel 34:14–15; Proverbs 11:17; John 6:50–58; Ecclesiastes 4:5
- 30 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Corinthians 12:12–27; Romans 12:5; Genesis 2:23; Ephesians 1:23
- 31 Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7–8; 1 Corinthians 6:16
- 32 Revelation 21:2; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Isaiah 54:5; Revelation 19:7–8; Colossians 2:2
- 33 1 Peter 3:2–7; Esther 1:20; Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:22; Ephesians 5:28–29
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
There were, it is likely, in the time of our forefathers also, some who "weakened the hands of the people" (Jer. xxxviii. 4.), and brought into practice that which is mentioned by Ezekiel,--or rather who did the works of the false prophets, who "profaned God among His people for handfuls of barley" (Ezek. xiii.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
… also that Paul has referred to the conjunctions within the Pleroma, showing them forth by means of one; for, when writing of the conjugal union in this life, he expressed himself thus: "This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the Church."
Nor had I aught to answer Thee calling to me, "Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." And to Thee showing me on every side, that what Thou saidst was true, I, convicted by the truth, had nothing at all to reply, but the drawling and drowsy words: "Presently, lo, presently;" "Leave …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… this cause he also built theatres in the cities, and having trained those buffoons, by their pernicious influence he causes that kind of pestilence to light upon the whole city, persuading men to follow those things which Paul bade us flee, "foolish talking and jesting." And what is yet more grievous than these things is the subject of the laughter.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… of salvation, and a robe of gladness: He hath crowned me with a garland as a bridegroom, and decked me with ornaments as a bride: that the soul of every one of you may be found not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; I do not mean before you have received the grace, for how could that …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)