Ephesians · Unlocked Literal Bible
Ephesians 5 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
2 And walk in love, as also Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
2 Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
3 But there must not be even a suggestion among you of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or of greed, for these are improper for God's holy people.
3 But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
4 Let there be no filthiness, no foolish talk, and no crude jokes—all of which are improper. Instead there should be thanksgiving.
4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.
5 For you can be sure of this, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
5 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.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the anger of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
7 Therefore, do not join in with them.
7 Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
8 For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
10 and find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
11 Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.
11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
12 For it is shameful even to mention the things they do in secret.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 But when anything is illuminated by the light, it becomes visible.
13 But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
14 For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
14 Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Look carefully how you live—not as unwise but as wise.
15 Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
16 Redeem the time because the days are evil.
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
17 Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to reckless behavior. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
18 Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 always giving thanks for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father,
20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
21 submitting yourselves to one another in reverence for Christ.
21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord.
22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and Christ himself is its savior.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
24 But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives must submit to their husbands in everything.
24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
26 Christ gave himself for the church so that he might make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that he might present her to himself as glorious, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without fault.
27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
28 In the same way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
28 Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own body, but nourishes and treats it with care, just as Christ nourishes and treats the church with care,
29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
30 because we are members of his body.
30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
31 “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
32 This hidden truth is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
33 Nevertheless, each of you also must love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
33 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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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
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