Thematic Bible




Ephesians 5:1 (show verse)

Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.

Ephesians 5:2 (show verse)

And live and act lovingly, as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up to death on our behalf as an offering and sacrifice to God, yielding a fragrant odor.

Ephesians 5:3 (show verse)

But fornication and every kind of impurity, or covetousness, let them not even be mentioned among you, for they ought not to be named among God's people.

Ephesians 5:4 (show verse)

Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.

Ephesians 5:5 (show verse)

For be well assured that no fornicator or immoral person and no money-grubber--or in other words idol-worshipper--has any share awaiting him in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:6 (show verse)

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming upon the disobedient.

Ephesians 5:7 (show verse)

Therefore do not become sharers with them.

Ephesians 5:8 (show verse)

There was a time when you were nothing but darkness. Now, as Christians, you are Light itself.

Ephesians 5:9 (show verse)

Live and act as sons of Light--for the effect of the Light is seen in every kind of goodness, uprightness and truth--

Ephesians 5:10 (show verse)

and learn in your own experiences what is fully pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11 (show verse)

Have nothing to do with the barren unprofitable deeds of darkness, but, instead of that, set your faces against them;

Ephesians 5:12 (show verse)

for the things which are done by these people in secret it is disgraceful even to speak of.

Ephesians 5:13 (show verse)

But everything can be tested by the light and thus be shown in its true colors; for whatever shines of itself is light.

Ephesians 5:14 (show verse)

For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you."

Ephesians 5:15 (show verse)

Therefore be very careful how you live and act. Let it not be as unwise men, but as wise.

Ephesians 5:16 (show verse)

Buy up your opportunities, for these are evil times.

Ephesians 5:17 (show verse)

On this account do not prove yourselves wanting in sense, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Ephesians 5:18 (show verse)

Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--

Ephesians 5:19 (show verse)

but drink deeply of God's Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and offer praise in your hearts to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:20 (show verse)

Always and for everything let your thanks to God the Father be presented in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Ephesians 5:21 (show verse)

and submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:22 (show verse)

Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;

Ephesians 5:23 (show verse)

because a husband is the Head of his wife as Christ also is the Head of the Church, being indeed the Saviour of this His Body.

Ephesians 5:24 (show verse)

And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:25 (show verse)

Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;

Ephesians 5:26 (show verse)

in order to make her holy, cleansing her with the baptismal water by the word,
The atonement » Sanctification by
Baptism with the holy ghost » The word of God instrumental to
Body » The body of Christ
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As husband of the church
Church » Christ's love for
Church » Lamb's bride
The church » Sanctified and cleansed by Christ
Cleanness » What cleanses
Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual promised
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Cleansing
Glory of the The church » Consist in its » Sanctification
God » Mighty in its influence » Purifies the life
God's Promises » Of cleansing » Spiritual promised
Holiness » Christ » Effects, in his people
Holy spirit » Regenerating » Sanctifying
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To love them
Laver of brass » Illustrative of » Regeneration
Marriage » What marriage is analogous to
Purification of heart » Cleansing, spiritual » Promised
Purifications or baptisms » Illustrative of » Regeneration
Sanctification » How secured
Sanctification » The church made glorious by
The scriptures » Designed for » Sanctifying
The scriptures » Designed for » Cleansing the heart
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Cleansing by
The bible » Mighty in its influence » Purifies the life
The word of God » Mighty in its influence » Purifies the life
Types » Of the saviour » The bronze laver
Types of Christ » Laver of brass
Union with Christ » Illustrated » Husband and wife
Washing » Figurative » Of regeneration
Water » Described as » Cleansing
Word » Preached » Purifies the life

Ephesians 5:27 (show verse)

that He might present the Church to Himself a glorious bride, without spot or wrinkle or any other defect, but to be holy and unblemished.

Ephesians 5:28 (show verse)

So too married men ought to love their wives as much as they love themselves. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:29 (show verse)

For never yet has a man hated his own body. On the contrary he feeds and cherishes it, just as Christ feeds and cherishes the Church;

Ephesians 5:30 (show verse)

because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.

Ephesians 5:31 (show verse)

"For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall be as one."

Ephesians 5:32 (show verse)

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.

Ephesians 5:33 (show verse)

Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.