Ephesians 5

Walk in Love

5Therefore ^abe imitators of God as dear ^bchildren. ²And ^cwalk in love, ^das Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^efor a sweet-smelling aroma.

³But fornication and all ^funcleanness or ^gcovetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ^4hneither filthiness, nor ⁱfoolish talking, nor coarse jesting, ^jwhich are not fitting, but rather ^kgiving of thanks. ⁵For ¹this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any ^linheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷Therefore do not be ^mpartakers with them.

Walk in Light

⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are ⁿlight in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹(for ^othe fruit of the ²Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ^10pfinding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹And have ^qno fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather ³expose them. ^12rFor it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³But ^sall things that are ⁴exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴Therefore He says:

^t“Awake, you who sleep,

Arise from the dead,

And Christ will give you light.”

Walk in Wisdom

^15uSee then that you walk ⁵circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ^16vredeeming the time, ^wbecause the days are evil.

^17xTherefore do not be unwise, but ^yunderstand ^zwhat the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And ^ado not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹speaking to one another ^bin psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making ^cmelody in your heart to the Lord, ^20dgiving thanks always for all things to God the Father ^ein the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^21fsubmitting to one another in the fear of ⁶God.

Marriage—Christ and the Church

²²Wives, ^gsubmit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³For ^hthe husband is head of the wife, as also ⁱChrist is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^jin everything.

^25kHusbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^lgave Himself for her, ²⁶that He might ⁷sanctify and cleanse her ^mwith the washing of water ⁿby the word, ^27othat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^pnot having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰For ^qwe are members of His body, ⁸of His flesh and of His bones. ^31r“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^stwo shall become one flesh.” ³²This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³Nevertheless ^tlet each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^urespects her husband.