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Ephesians 5 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:1 - Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:2 - And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:3 - But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:4 - Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:5 - Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:6 - Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:7 - Therefore do not associate with them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:8 - for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:9 - (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:10 - and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:11 - Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:12 - For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:13 - but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:14 - Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:15 - Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:16 - making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:18 - And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:19 - addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:20 - always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:21 - Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Marriage Like Christ and the Church

(cf. Col 3:18, 19 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:22 - Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to 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, his body, and is himself its Savior.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:24 - As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:26 - that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:27 - that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:28 - Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:29 - For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:30 - because we are members of his body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:32 - This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:33 - however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
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Source: Transcribed from: The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version containing the Old and New Testaments, translated from the original tongues: being the version set forth A.D. 1611, revised A.D. 1881-1885 and A.D. 1901: compared with the most ancient authorities and revised A.D. 1946-52. — 2nd ed. of New Testament A.D. 1971. There should be enough in the rest of the description to identify the text.

Language: English

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