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    Ephesians · 33 verses

    Ephesians 5

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    Whatever the light exposes does not merely become visible; it becomes a light itself.

    From darkness to songvv. 1–20

    The passage begins with imitation, love, and a rather stern ban on the usual catalogue of sexual immorality, impurity, greed, obscenity, foolish talk, and crude joking. Thanksgiving is offered as the better household sound. Those who were once darkness are now light in the Lord, and the light has an unusually generous habit: it does not merely reveal what it touches but turns the illuminated thing into light. Then comes the summons to wake, walk wisely, redeem the time, and avoid wine’s reckless indiscretion. In its place: the Spirit, psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, music in the heart, and thanks to God the Father.

    The household and the profound mysteryvv. 21–33

    The scene turns from the conduct of the gathered people to marriage. Wives are told to submit to their husbands, while husbands receive the considerably larger parcel of loving their wives as Christ loved the church: giving himself up for her, cleansing her, and presenting her glorious, holy, and without blemish. The comparison then becomes wonderfully bodily. No one hates his own body; he nourishes and cherishes it, and so Christ does the church, because its members are his body. The two become one flesh, and the mystery is declared profound—though the speaker promptly says what he is speaking about: Christ and the church. The final pair of instructions is plain enough: love and respect.

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    1. Eph 5:1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

    2. Eph 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

    3. Eph 5:3But 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.

    4. Eph 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

    5. Eph 5:5For 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.

    6. Eph 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

    7. Eph 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.

    8. Eph 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

    9. Eph 5:9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

    10. Eph 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

    11. Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

    12. Eph 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

    13. Eph 5:13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

    14. Eph 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

    15. Eph 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

    16. Eph 5:16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

    17. Eph 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

    18. Eph 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

    19. Eph 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

    20. Eph 5:20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    21. Eph 5:21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

    22. Eph 5:22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

    23. Eph 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

    24. Eph 5:24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

    25. Eph 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

    26. Eph 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

    27. Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28. Eph 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29. Eph 5:29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

    30. Eph 5:30For we are members of His body.

    31. Eph 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

    32. Eph 5:32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

    33. Eph 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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    • 14Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
    • 14Romans 13:11–12And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
    • 14Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
    • 141 Thessalonians 5:6So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
    • 8John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
    • 15Colossians 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
    • 11 John 4:11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
    • 251 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
    • 25Colossians 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
    • 11 Peter 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
    • 17Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
    • 26Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
    • 1Ephesians 4:32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.
    • 25Ephesians 5:28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
    • 1Matthew 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.’’
    • 26John 15:3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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