# Ephesians 5 ## Ephesians 5:1 - [KJV] Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; - [ASV] Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; - [YLT] Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:1 - ## Ephesians 5:2 - [KJV] And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:2 - ## Ephesians 5:3 - [KJV] But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; - [ASV] But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; - [YLT] and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:3 - ## Ephesians 5:4 - [KJV] Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. - [ASV] nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. - [YLT] also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:4 - ## Ephesians 5:5 - [KJV] For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God. ### Notes on Ephesians 5:5 - ## Ephesians 5:6 - [KJV] Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. - [ASV] Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. - [YLT] Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:6 - ## Ephesians 5:7 - [KJV] Be not ye therefore partakers with them. - [ASV] Be not ye therefore partakers with them; - [YLT] become not, then, partakers with them, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:7 - ## Ephesians 5:8 - [KJV] For ye were sometimes darkness, but now *are ye* light in the Lord: walk as children of light: - [ASV] For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light - [YLT] for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:8 - ## Ephesians 5:9 - [KJV] (For the fruit of the Spirit *is* in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) - [ASV] (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth), - [YLT] for the fruit of the Spirit *is* in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:9 - ## Ephesians 5:10 - [KJV] Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. - [ASV] proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord; - [YLT] proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:10 - ## Ephesians 5:11 - [KJV] And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove *them*. - [ASV] and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them; - [YLT] and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:11 - ## Ephesians 5:12 - [KJV] For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. - [ASV] for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of. - [YLT] for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:12 - ## Ephesians 5:13 - [KJV] But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. - [ASV] But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light. - [YLT] and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:13 - ## Ephesians 5:14 - [KJV] Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. - [ASV] Wherefore *he* saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee. - [YLT] wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.' ### Notes on Ephesians 5:14 - ## Ephesians 5:15 - [KJV] See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, - [ASV] Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; - [YLT] See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:15 - ## Ephesians 5:16 - [KJV] Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. - [ASV] redeeming the time, because the days are evil. - [YLT] redeeming the time, because the days are evil; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:16 - ## Ephesians 5:17 - [KJV] Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord *is*. - [ASV] Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. - [YLT] because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what *is* the will of the Lord, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:17 - ## Ephesians 5:18 - [KJV] And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; - [ASV] And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit; - [YLT] and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:18 - ## Ephesians 5:19 - [KJV] Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; - [ASV] speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; - [YLT] speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:19 - ## Ephesians 5:20 - [KJV] Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; - [ASV] giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; - [YLT] giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:20 - ## Ephesians 5:21 - [KJV] Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. - [ASV] subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ. - [YLT] subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God. ### Notes on Ephesians 5:21 - ## Ephesians 5:22 - [KJV] Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. - [ASV] Wives, *be in subjection* unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. - [YLT] The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:22 - ## Ephesians 5:23 - [KJV] For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. - [ASV] For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, *being* himself the saviour of the body. - [YLT] because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ *is* head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:23 - ## Ephesians 5:24 - [KJV] Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so *let* the wives *be* to their own husbands in every thing. - [ASV] But as the church is subject to Christ, so *let* the wives also *be* to their husbands in everything. - [YLT] but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also *are* the wives to their own husbands in everything. ### Notes on Ephesians 5:24 - ## Ephesians 5:25 - [KJV] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; - [ASV] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it; - [YLT] The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:25 - ## Ephesians 5:26 - [KJV] That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, - [ASV] that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word, - [YLT] that he might sanctify it, having cleansed *it* with the bathing of the water in the saying, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:26 - ## Ephesians 5:27 - [KJV] That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. - [ASV] 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. - [YLT] that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:27 - ## Ephesians 5:28 - [KJV] So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. - [ASV] Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself: - [YLT] so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:28 - ## Ephesians 5:29 - [KJV] For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: - [ASV] for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church; - [YLT] for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly, ### Notes on Ephesians 5:29 - ## Ephesians 5:30 - [KJV] For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. - [ASV] because we are members of his body. - [YLT] because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:30 - ## Ephesians 5:31 - [KJV] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. - [ASV] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh. - [YLT] 'for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;' ### Notes on Ephesians 5:31 - ## Ephesians 5:32 - [KJV] This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. - [ASV] This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church. - [YLT] this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly; ### Notes on Ephesians 5:32 - ## Ephesians 5:33 - [KJV] Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife *see* that she reverence *her* husband. - [ASV] Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and *let* the wife *see* that she fear her husband. - [YLT] but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband. ### Notes on Ephesians 5:33 -