Geneva1599 - Ephesians - 5

5:1  Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,

5:2  And walke in loue, euen as Christ hath loued vs, and hath giuen himselfe for vs, to be an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellling sauour to God.

5:3  But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth Saintes,

5:4  Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.

5:5  For this ye know, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ, and of God.

5:6  Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

5:7  Be not therefore companions with them.

5:8  For ye were once darkenesse, but are nowe light in the Lord: walke as children of light,

5:9  (For the fruit of the Spirit is in al goodnes, and righteousnes, and trueth)

5:10  Approuing that which is pleasing to the Lord.

5:11  And haue no fellowship with ye vnfruitfull works of darknes, but euen reproue them rather.

5:12  For it is shame euen to speake of the things which are done of them in secret.

5:13  But all thinges when they are reproued of the light, are manifest: for it is light that maketh all things manifest.

5:14  Wherefore hee sayeth, Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the deade, and Christ shall giue thee light.

5:15  Take heede therefore that yee walke circumspectly, not as fooles, but as wise,

5:16  Redeeming ye season: for ye daies are euill.

5:17  Wherefore, be ye not vnwise, but vnderstand what the will of the Lord is.

5:18  And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,

5:19  Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes, and hymnes, and spirituall songs, singing, and making melodie to the Lord in your hearts,

5:20  Giuing thankes alwaies for all thinges vnto God euen the Father, in the Name of our Lord Iesus Christ,

5:21  Submitting your selues one to another in the feare of God.

5:22  Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.

5:23  For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.

5:24  Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbands in euery thing.

5:25  Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, and gaue himselfe for it,

5:26  That hee might sanctifie it, and clense it by the washing of water through the worde,

5:27  That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.

5:28  So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

5:29  For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.

5:30  For we are members of his bodie, of his flesh, and of his bones.

5:31  For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

5:32  This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.

5:33  Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.