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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 NIV</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" /></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="../">NIV</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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/ephesians/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or kingdom of the Messiah and God">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore do not be partners with them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/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="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and find out what pleases the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>This is why it is said:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Wake up, sleeper,</p><p class="line2">rise from the dead,</p><p class="line2">and Christ will shine on you.”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Instructions for Christian Households</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>to make her holy, cleansing <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or having cleansed">b</a></sup></span> her by the washing with water through the word, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>for we are members of his body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Gen. 2:24">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>kingdom of the Messiah and God</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>having cleansed</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">31</span> <span class="footnotebot">Gen. 2:24</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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