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Ephesians 5:1 (show verse)

So follow God's example, like his dear children,

Ephesians 5:2 (show verse)

and lead loving lives, just as Christ loved you and gave himself for you, as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:3 (show verse)

But immorality or any form of vice or greed must not be so much as mentioned among you; that would not be becoming in God's people.

Ephesians 5:4 (show verse)

There must be no indecency or foolish or scurrilous talk??ll that is unbecoming. There should be thanksgiving instead.

Ephesians 5:5 (show verse)

For you may be sure that no one who is immoral, or greedy for gain (for that is idolatry) can have any share in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

Ephesians 5:6 (show verse)

Whatever anyone may say in the way of worthless arguments to deceive you, these are the things that are bringing God's anger down upon the disobedient.

Ephesians 5:7 (show verse)

Therefore have nothing to do with them.

Ephesians 5:8 (show verse)

For once you were sheer darkness, but now, as Christians, you are light itself. You must live like children of light,

Ephesians 5:9 (show verse)

for light leads to perfect goodness, uprightness, and truth;

Ephesians 5:10 (show verse)

you must make sure what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11 (show verse)

Have nothing to do with the profitless doings of the darkness; expose them instead.

Ephesians 5:12 (show verse)

For while it is degrading even to mention their secret practices,

Ephesians 5:13 (show verse)

yet when anything is exposed by the light, it is made visible, and anything that is made visible is light.

Ephesians 5:14 (show verse)

So it says, "Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, And Christ will dawn upon you!"

Ephesians 5:15 (show verse)

Be very careful, then, about the way you live. Do not act thoughtlessly, but like sensible men,

Ephesians 5:16 (show verse)

and make the most of your opportunity, for these are evil times.

Ephesians 5:17 (show verse)

So do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

Ephesians 5:18 (show verse)

Do not get drunk on wine, for that is profligacy, but be filled with the Spirit,

Ephesians 5:19 (show verse)

and speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and sacred songs. Sing praise to God with all your hearts;

Ephesians 5:20 (show verse)

always give thanks for everything to God our Father, as followers of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 5:21 (show verse)

and subordinate yourselves to one another out of reverence to Christ.

Ephesians 5:22 (show verse)

You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:23 (show verse)

for a husband is the head of his wife, just as Christ is the head of the church, which is his body, and is saved by him.

Ephesians 5:24 (show verse)

Just as the church is in subjection to Christ, so married women must be, in everything, to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:25 (show verse)

You who are husbands must love your wives, just as Christ loves the church and gave himself for her,

Ephesians 5:26 (show verse)

to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,
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)

in order to bring the church to himself in all her beauty, without a flaw or a wrinkle or anything of the kind, but to be consecrated and faultless.

Ephesians 5:28 (show verse)

That is the way husbands ought to love their wives??s if they were their own bodies; a man who loves his wife is really loving himself,

Ephesians 5:29 (show verse)

for no one ever hates his own person, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ does with the church,

Ephesians 5:30 (show verse)

for we are parts of his body.

Ephesians 5:31 (show verse)

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

Ephesians 5:32 (show verse)

This is a great secret, but I understand it of Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:33 (show verse)

But each one of you must love his wife just as he loves himself, and the wife, too, must respect her husband.