Ephesians 5

NEW JERUSALEM	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 As God's dear children, then, take him as your pattern,	1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
2 and fol ow Christ by loving as he loved you, giving himself up for us as an offering and a sweet-smel ingsacrifice to God.	2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
3 Among you there must be not even a mention of sexual vice or impurity in any of its forms, or greed:this would scarcely become the holy people of God!	3 But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
4 There must be no foul or salacious talk or coarse jokes -- al this is wrong for you; there should ratherbe thanksgiving.	4 Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.
5 For you can be quite certain that nobody who indulges in sexual immorality or impurity or greed -- whichis worshipping a false god -- can inherit the kingdom of God.	5 Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Do not let anyone deceive you with empty arguments: it is such behaviour that draws down God'sretribution on those who rebel against him.	6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Make sure that you do not throw in your lot with them.	7 Therefore do not associate with them,
8 You were darkness once, but now you are light in the Lord; behave as children of light,	8 for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
9 for the effects of the light are seen in complete goodness and uprightness and truth.	9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
10 Try to discover what the Lord wants of you,	10 and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 take no part in the futile works of darkness but, on the contrary, show them up for what they are.	11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
12 The things which are done in secret are shameful even to speak of;	12 For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;
13 but anything shown up by the light wil be il uminated	13 but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.
14 and anything illuminated is itself a light. That is why it is said: Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead,and Christ wil shine on you.	14 Therefore it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."
15 So be very careful about the sort of lives you lead, like intel igent and not like senseless people.	15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
16 Make the best of the present time, for it is a wicked age.	16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
17 This is why you must not be thoughtless but must recognise what is the will of the Lord.	17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Do not get drunk with wine; this is simply dissipation; be fil ed with the Spirit.	18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
19 Sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs among yourselves, singing and chanting to the Lord inyour hearts,	19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
20 always and everywhere giving thanks to God who is our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.	20 always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.	21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,	22 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
23 since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife;	23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
24 and as the Church is subject to Christ, so should wives be to their husbands, in everything.	24 As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
25 Husbands should love their wives, just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her	25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 to make her holy by washing her in cleansing water with a form of words,	26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 so that when he took the Church to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless.	27 that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
28 In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love hiswife is for him to love himself.	28 Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats theChurch,	29 For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
30 because we are parts of his Body.	30 because we are members of his body.
31 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the twobecome one flesh.	31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
32 This mystery has great significance, but I am applying it to Christ and the Church.	32 This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;
33 To sum up: you also, each one of you, must love his wife as he loves himself; and let every wiferespect her husband.	33 however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.