1 B e ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

2 a nd walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

3 B ut fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

4 n either filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

5 F or this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.

6 L et no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

7 B e not ye therefore partakers with them.

become not, then, partakers with them,

8 F or ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

9 ( for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

for the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

10 p roving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

11 A nd have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

12 F or it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

13 B ut all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

14 W herefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

15 S ee then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

16 r edeeming the time, because the days are evil.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

17 W herefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what the will of the Lord,

18 A nd be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

19 s peaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 g iving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

21 s ubmitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

22 W ives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

23 F or the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

24 T herefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also the wives to their own husbands in everything.

25 H usbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

26 t hat he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed with the bathing of the water in the saying,

27 t hat he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;

28 S o ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;

29 F or no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,

30 f or we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

31 F or this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

32 T his is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

33 N evertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.