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Ephesians 5 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:1 - Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:2 - And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 - But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:4 - And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:6 - Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:7 - Have no part with such men;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:9 - (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:10 - Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:12 - For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:13 - But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:14 - For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:15 - Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:16 - Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:18 - And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:19 - Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:20 - Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:21 - Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

Marriage Like Christ and the Church

(cf. Col 3:18, 19 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:22 - Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:23 - For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:24 - And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:25 - Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:26 - So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:27 - And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:29 - For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:30 - Because we are parts of his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:33 - But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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