Ephesians 5:1-6:24 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children; ² 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. ³ And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy; ⁴ And obscenity, and silly discourse, or wit, which things concern not; but rather thankfulness. ⁵ 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. ⁶ Let none lead you astray with vain words: for by these things comes the anger of God upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Be ye not therefore partakers with them. ⁸ For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light: ⁹ (For the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness and justice and truth.;) ¹⁰ Trying what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹ And participate not with the unfruitful works of darkness, and rather also confute. ¹² For the things done secretly by them it is also shameful to speak. ¹³ And all things refuted, by light are made manifest: for everything made manifest is light. ¹⁴ Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee. ¹⁵ See therefore how ye walk accurately, not as unwise, but as wise, ¹⁶ Making purchase of time, for the days are evil. ¹⁷ For this be not foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord. ¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit; ¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves on harps, and songs, and spiritual odes, singing and playing on the harp in your heart to the Lord; ²⁰ Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father; ²¹ Yielding obedience to one another in the fear of God. ²² Women, yield ye obedience to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³ 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. ²⁴ But as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything. ²⁵ Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it; ²⁶ That he might consecrate it, having cleansed by the washing of water in the word, ²⁷ 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. ²⁸ So ought men to love their own wives as their own bodies. He loving his wife, loves himself. ²⁹ For none at any time hates his own flesh; but brings it up and cherishes it, as also the Lord the church: ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹ For this a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. ³² This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church. ³³ But ye also altogether, let each so love his own wife as himself: and the wife that she fear her husband. ⁶ ¹ Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just. ² Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first command with solemn promise;) ³ That it may be well to thee, and thou mayest be long time upon earth. ⁴ And, fathers, be not angry with your children: but bring them up in the instruction and reminding of the Lord. ⁵ Servants, listen to lords according to the flesh, with fear and tremor, in simplicity of your heart, as to Christ; ⁶ Not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul: ⁷ With affection serving the Lord, and not men. ⁸ Knowing that whatever good each might do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether a servant or free. ⁹ And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him. ¹⁰ As to the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. ¹¹ Put on the complete armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the artifices of the accuser. ¹² For the wrestling is not to us against blood and flesh, but against beginnings, against powers, against the chiefs of the world of darkness of this life, against spiritual things of wickedness in heavenly things. ¹³ For this take up the complete armor of God, that ye might be able to withstand in the evil day, and having effected all things, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having girded your loins around with truth, and put on the armor of justice; ¹⁵ And fastened under the feet in preparation of the good news of peace; ¹⁶ Over all, having taken the shield of faith, in which ye shall be able to quench all the inflamed darts of evil. ¹⁷ And take ye the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: ¹⁸ By all prayer and supplication praying in all time in Spirit, and for this same watching vigilantly in all perseverance and supplication for the holy: ¹⁹ And for me, that the word might be given me, in the opening of my mouth in freedom of speech, to make known the mystery of the good news, ²⁰ For which I am an ambassador in perplexity: that in it I might speak freely, as I ought to speak. ²¹ And that ye also might know the things concerning me, what I do, Tychicus will make all things known to you, the dearly beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord: ²² Whom I sent to you for this same, that ye might know the things concerning us, and he might comfort your hearts. ²³ Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ Grace with all loving our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibleness. Amen.