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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ephesians 5 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ephesians/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ephesians/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Ephesians 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ephesians/4.htm" title="Ephesians 4">◄</a> Ephesians 5 <a href="../ephesians/6.htm" title="Ephesians 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/ephesians/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Live in Love</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.</p> <p class="title">Live in the Light</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore do not be partakers with them, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:</p><p class="poetry2">“Awake, O sleeper!</p><p class="poetry2">Rise from the dead,</p><p class="poetry2">and Christ will shine on you!”</p> <p class="title">Live Wisely</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.</p> <p class="title">Exhortations to Households</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>so that he may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>for we are members of his body. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><b><i>For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become</i></b> <i><b>one flesh.</b></i> <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This mystery is great – but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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