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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Ephesians 5 ISV</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="../">ISV</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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/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>So be imitators of God, as his dear children. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Live lovingly, just as the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Or Christ">a</a></span> also loved us<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:2 Other mss. read you">b</a></span> and gave himself for us as an offering and sacrifice, a fragrant aroma to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do not let sexual sin, impurity of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Obscene, flippant, or vulgar talk is totally inappropriate. Instead, let there be thanksgiving. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For you know very well that no immoral or impure person, or anyone who is greedy (that is, an idolater), has an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:5 Or Christ">c</a></span> and of God.</p> <p class="heading">Living in the Light</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Do not let anyone deceive you with meaningless words, for it is because of these things that God becomes angry with those who disobey.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:6 Lit. with the sons of disobedience">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So do not be partners with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For once you were 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 that the light<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:9 Other mss. read fruit of the Spirit">e</a></span> produces consists of every form of goodness, righteousness, and truth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Determine what pleases the Lord, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and have nothing to do with the unfruitful actions that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For it is shameful even to mention what is done by these disobedient people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:12 Lit. by them">f</a></span> in secret. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But everything that is exposed to the light becomes visible, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Wake up, sleeper!</p> <p class="poetry2">Arise from the dead,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 Or Christ">g</a></span> will shine on you.’’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:14 The source of this quote is unknown.">h</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Wise Behavior</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be unwise but wise, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>making the best use of your time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:16 Or buying up the time">i</a></span> because the times 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>Stop getting<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:18 Or Do not get">j</a></span> drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>you will consistently give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:20 Or Christ">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and you will submit to one another out of reverence for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Or another in the fear of">l</a></span> the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:21 Or Christ">m</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Wives and Husbands</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Wives, submit yourselves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:22 Other mss. lack submit yourselves">n</a></span> to your husbands as 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 his wife as the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:23 Or Christ">o</a></span> is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Indeed, just as the church is submissive to the Messiah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:24 Or Christ">p</a></span> so wives must be submissive<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:24 The Gk. lacks must be submissive">q</a></span> 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 as the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:25 Or Christ">r</a></span> loved the church and gave himself for it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>so that he might make it holy by cleansing it, washing it with water and the word, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and might present the church to himself in all its glory, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, but holy and without fault. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:28 The Gk. lacks they love">s</a></span> their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:29 Or Christ">t</a></span> does<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:29 The Gk. lacks does">u</a></span> the church.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For we are parts of his body—of his flesh and of his bones.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:30 Other mss. lack of his flesh and of his bones">v</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:31 Gen 2:24">w</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This is a great secret, but I am talking about the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:32 Or Christ">x</a></span> and the church. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ephesians/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But each individual man among you must love his wife as he loves<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="5:33 The Gk. lacks he loves">y</a></span> himself; and may the wife fear her husband.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 5:2 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 5:2 Other mss. read <i>you</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 5:5 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 5:6 Lit. <i>with the sons of disobedience</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 5:9 Other mss. read <i>fruit of the Spirit</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 5:12 Lit. <i>by them</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 5:14 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 5:14 The source of this quote is unknown.<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 5:16 Or <i>buying up the time</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 5:18 Or <i>Do not get</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 5:20 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 5:21 Or <i>another in the fear of</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 5:21 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 5:22 Other mss. lack <i>submit yourselves</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 5:23 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 5:24 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 5:24 The Gk. lacks <i>must be submissive</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 5:25 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 5:28 The Gk. lacks <i>they love</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 5:29 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 5:29 The Gk. lacks <i>does</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 5:30 Other mss. lack <i>of his flesh and of his bones</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 5:31 Gen 2:24<br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 5:32 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 5:33 The Gk. lacks <i>he loves</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ephesians/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ephesians 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ephesians 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ephesians/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ephesians 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ephesians 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/ephesians/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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