Thematic Bible




Ephesians 5:1 (show verse)

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.

Ephesians 5:2 (show verse)

And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

Ephesians 5:3 (show verse)

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Ephesians 5:4 (show verse)

Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

Ephesians 5:5 (show verse)

For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

Ephesians 5:6 (show verse)

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

Ephesians 5:7 (show verse)

Therefore, do not become their partners.

Ephesians 5:8 (show verse)

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

Ephesians 5:9 (show verse)

for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth

Ephesians 5:10 (show verse)

discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11 (show verse)

Don’t participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Ephesians 5:12 (show verse)

For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

Ephesians 5:13 (show verse)

Everything exposed by the light is made clear,

Ephesians 5:14 (show verse)

for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said:

Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead,
and the Messiah will shine on you.

Ephesians 5:15 (show verse)

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—

Ephesians 5:16 (show verse)

making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:17 (show verse)

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Ephesians 5:18 (show verse)

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

Ephesians 5:19 (show verse)

speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
singing and making music
from your heart to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:20 (show verse)

giving thanks always for everything
to God the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Ephesians 5:21 (show verse)

submitting to one another
in the fear of Christ.

Ephesians 5:22 (show verse)

Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:23 (show verse)

for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

Ephesians 5:24 (show verse)

Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:25 (show verse)

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her

Ephesians 5:26 (show verse)

to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of 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)

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:28 (show verse)

In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:29 (show verse)

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

Ephesians 5:30 (show verse)

since we are members of His body.

Ephesians 5:31 (show verse)

For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh.

Ephesians 5:32 (show verse)

This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:33 (show verse)

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.