Ephesians 5 - American Standard Version with Greek
Law History Wisdom Prophets Gospels Acts Epistles Apocalyptic
1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; | 1 γίνεσθε οὗν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά, | |
2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell. | 2 καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῶ θεῶ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας. | |
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; | 3 πορνεία δὲ καὶ ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις, | |
4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. | 4 καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία, ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία. | |
5 For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. | 5 τοῦτο γὰρ ἴστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ. | |
6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. | 6 μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας. | |
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them; | 7 μὴ οὗν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν· | |
8 For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light | 8 ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε | |
9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), | 9 _ ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ _ | |
10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; | 10 δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῶ κυρίῳ· | |
11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; | 11 καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε, | |
12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. | 12 τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν· | |
13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light. | 13 τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται, | |
14 Wherefore `he' saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. | 14 πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. διὸ λέγει, ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ χριστός. | |
15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; | 15 βλέπετε οὗν ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλ᾽ ὡς σοφοί, | |
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | 16 ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. | |
17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. | 17 διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνίετε τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου. | |
18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; | 18 καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, | |
19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; | 19 λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς [ἐν] ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῶ κυρίῳ, | |
20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; | 20 εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ τῶ θεῶ καὶ πατρί, | |
21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. | 21 ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ χριστοῦ. | |
22 Wives, `be in subjection' unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. | 22 αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῶ κυρίῳ, | |
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, `being' himself the saviour of the body. | 23 ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος. | |
24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so `let' the wives also `be' to their husbands in everything. | 24 ἀλλὰ ὡς ἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῶ χριστῶ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί. | |
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; | 25 οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς, | |
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, | 26 ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῶ λουτρῶ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι, | |
27 that he might present the church to himself a glorious `church', not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. | 27 ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῶ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος. | |
28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: | 28 οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν [καὶ] οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ, | |
29 for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church; | 29 οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, | |
30 because we are members of his body. | 30 ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ. | |
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. | 31 ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος [τὸν] πατέρα καὶ [τὴν] μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. | |
32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. | 32 τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. | |
33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and `let' the wife `see' that she fear her husband. | 33 πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ᾽ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα. | |
Chapter 4 Bible Contents Chapter 6
Other chapters in Ephesians: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Genres: Law History Wisdom Prophets Gospels Acts Epistles Apocalyptic
Or select another Bible translation:
Turn Parallel Languages Off
Bible in Basic English
Darby English Bible
King James Version
Webster's Bible
World English Bible
Young's Literal Translation
Greek New Testament
Cover image by Freedom Studio / Shutterstock. Koine Greek audio (in modern Greek pronunciation) narrated by Theo Karvounakis.