Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Holman Bible
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
International Standard Version
So be imitators of God, as his dear children.
A Conservative Version
Become ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
American Standard Version
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
Amplified
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
An Understandable Version
So, as dearly loved children, you people should [try to] be like God.
Anderson New Testament
Be you, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;
Common New Testament
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
Daniel Mace New Testament
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as his dear children; live together in love,
Darby Translation
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Godbey New Testament
Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;
Goodspeed New Testament
So follow God's example, like his dear children,
John Wesley New Testament
Be ye therefore followers of God, as beloved children: And walk in love,
Julia Smith Translation
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;
King James 2000
Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,
Modern King James verseion
Therefore be followers of God, as dear children.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be ye followers of God as dear children,
Moffatt New Testament
Copy God, then, as his beloved children,
Montgomery New Testament
Learn then to imitate God as his beloved children,
NET Bible
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
New Heart English Bible
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Noyes New Testament
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
Sawyer New Testament
Be therefore followers of God, as dear children,
The Emphasized Bible
Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
BE ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore imitate God, as his dear children,
Webster
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
Williams New Testament
So you must keep on following God's example, as dearly loved children of His,
World English Bible
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Worrell New Testament
Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as beloved children;
Worsley New Testament
Be ye therefore imitators of God as his dear children; and walk in love,
Youngs Literal Translation
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
Themes
Christian conduct » Following God
Discipleship » Followers, blessings promised to » Heavenly honour
Following » Following the lord
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 5:1
Images Ephesians 5:1
Prayers for Ephesians 5:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Imitators Of God
1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children; 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
Cross References
Matthew 5:48
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Ephesians 4:32
And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.
Colossians 3:12
As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;
1 Peter 1:15-16
But be holy in every detail of your lives, as he, whose servants you are, is holy;
Leviticus 11:45
For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he the child of my delight? for whenever I say things against him, I still keep him in my memory: so my heart is troubled for him; I will certainly have mercy on him, says the Lord.
Hosea 1:10
But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God
John 1:12
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Luke 6:35-36
But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
1 John 3:1-2
See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
1 John 4:11
My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
Matthew 5:45
So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.