{"book":"Ephesians","slug":"ephesians","ch":5,"genre":"letter","sub":"Ephesians","prev":"ephesians/4","next":"ephesians/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,","f":[],"h":"Imitators of God","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.","f":["NE and WH Christ loved you"]},{"v":3,"t":"But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, [or] of any kind of impurity, or of greed.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"[Nor should there be] obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"For of this you can be sure: [No] immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has [any] inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"{Let} no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Therefore {do} not be partakers with them.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"For you were once darkness, but now [you are] light in [the] Lord. Walk as children of light,","f":[],"h":"Children of Light","style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"for the fruit of the light [consists] in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Test and prove what pleases the Lord.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose [them].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"For it is shameful even to mention what [the disobedient] do in secret.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light [itself].","f":["SBL begins verse 14 after visible,"]},{"v":14,"t":"So it is said:“ Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"So it is said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Wake up, O sleeper,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rise up from the dead,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Christ will shine on you.”"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"redeeming the time, because the days are evil.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Therefore {do} not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will [is].","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"{Do} not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with [the] Spirit.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"always giving thanks to God [the] Father for everything in [the] name of our Lord Jesus Christ.","f":[]},{"v":21,"t":"Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.","f":["Or in the fear of Christ."],"h":"Wives and Husbands","style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"Wives, [submit] to your husbands as to the Lord.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":23,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":24,"t":"Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives [should submit] to their husbands in everything.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Husbands, love [your] wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"to sanctify her, cleansing [her] by the washing with water through [the] word,","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"[and] to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such [blemish], but holy and blameless.","f":[]},{"v":28,"t":"In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":29,"t":"Indeed, no one ever hated his [own] body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ [does] the church.","f":[]},{"v":30,"t":"For we are members of His body.","f":["BYZ and TR include —of His flesh and of His bones."]},{"v":31,"t":"“ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”","f":["Genesis 2:24 (see also LXX)"],"style":"reg"},{"v":32,"t":"This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.","f":[]},{"v":33,"t":"Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as [he loves] himself, and the wife must respect [her] husband.","f":[]}]}