Jubilee2000 - Ephesians - 5

5:1  Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children

5:2  and walk in charity even as the Christ also has loved us and has given himself for us [as] an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

5:3  But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not be once named among you as becomes saints,

5:4  neither dishonest words nor foolishness nor low jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks.

5:5  For this ye know, that no fornicator nor unclean person nor covetous man, who is [also] an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

5:6  Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

5:7  Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them.

5:8  For in another time ye were darkness, but now [ye 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  approving what is well pleasing unto the Lord.

5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].

5:12  For it is a shame even to speak of those things which they do in secret.

5:13  But all these things when they are reproved by the light are made manifest, for the light is that which manifests everything.

5:14  Therefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.

5:15  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

5:16  redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

5:17  Therefore, be ye not unwise, but understanding of what the will of the Lord [is].

5:18  And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,

5:19  speaking among yourselves with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and praising the Lord in your hearts,

5:20  giving thanks always for all things unto the God and Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

5:21  submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

5:22  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husband, as unto the Lord.

5:23  For the husband is the head of the wife even as the Christ is head of the church, and it is he who gives saving health to the body.

5:24  Therefore, as the church is subject unto the Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in everything.

5:25  Husbands, love your wives even as the Christ also loved the church and gave himself for her,

5:26  that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word,

5:27  that he might present her glorious for himself, a church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

5:28  So ought husbands to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.

5:29  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it even as the Lord with his church:

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

5:31  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

5:32  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

5:33  Nevertheless, let each one of you do likewise, let each one so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife [see] that she reverences [her] husband.: