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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 Smith's Literal Translation</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="../">SLT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Smith's Literal Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ephesians/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Imitators of God<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy; <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And obscenity, and silly discourse, or wit, which things concern not; but rather thankfulness. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let none lead you astray with vain words: for by these things comes the anger of God upon the sons of disobedience. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Be ye not therefore partakers with them.<p> <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Children of Light<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>(For the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness and justice and truth;) <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Trying what is pleasing to the Lord. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And participate not with the unfruitful works of darkness, and rather also confute. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the things done secretly by them it is also shameful to speak. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And all things refuted, by light are made manifest: for everything made manifest is light.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Making purchase of time, for the days are evil. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For this be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit; <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Speaking to yourselves on harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, singing and playing on the harp in your heart to the Lord; <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father; <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Wives and Husbands<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../songs/1.htm">Song of Solomon 1:1–17</a>; <a href ="../1_peter/3.htm">1 Peter 3:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Yielding obedience to one another in the fear of God.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it; <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it be holy and blameless. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church: <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ephesians/5-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>But ye also altogether, let each so love his own wife as himself: and the wife that she fear her husband.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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