| New English Bible | Ephesians:5 | Novum Testamentum Graece (UBS.Ed.26) | ||
| 1 | In a word, as God's dear children, try to be like him, | γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά, | ||
| 2 | and live in love as Christ loved you, and gave himself up on your behalf as an offering and sacrifice whose fragrance is pleasing to God. | καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας. | ||
| 3 | Fornication and indecency of any kind, or ruthless greed, must not be so much as mentioned among you, as befits the people of God. | πορνεία δὲ καὶ ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἀγίοις, | ||
| 4 | No coarse, stupid, or flippant talk; these things are out of place; you should rather be thanking God. | καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία, ἂ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία. | ||
| 5 | For be very sure of this: no one given to fornication or indecency, or the greed which makes an idol of gain, has any share in the kingdom of Christ and of God. | τοῦτο γὰρ ἰστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ὁ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἐχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ. | ||
| 6 | Let no one deceive you with shallow arguments; it is for all these things that God's dreadful judgement is coming upon his rebel subjects. | Walk as Children of Light Eph.5.6-21 | Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἐρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας. | |
| 7 | Have no part or lot with them. | μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν· | ||
| 8 | For though you were once all darkness, now as Christians you are light. Live like men who are at home in daylight, | ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε | ||
| 9 | for where light is, there all goodness springs up, all justice and truth. | - ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ - | ||
| 10 | Make sure what would have the Lord's approval; | δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ· | ||
| 11 | take no part in the barren deeds of darkness, but show them up for what they are. | καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἐργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε, | ||
| 12 | The things they do in secret it would be shameful even to mention. | τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπ' αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν· | ||
| 13 | But everything, when once the light has shown it up, is illumined, and everything thus illumined is all light. | τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται, | ||
| 14 | And so the hymn says: 'Awake, sleeper, | πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. διὸ λέγει, Ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, | ||
| 15 | Be most careful then how you conduct yourselves: like sensible men, not like simpletons. | Βλέπετε οὖν ἀκριβῶς πῶς περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἀσοφοι ἀλλ' ὡς σοφοί, | ||
| 16 | Use the present opportunity to the full, for these are evil days. | ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. | ||
| 17 | So do not be fools, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is. | διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἀφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνίετε τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου. | ||
| 18 | Do not give way to drunkenness and the dissipation that goes with it, but let the Holy Spirit fill you: | καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἰνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι, | ||
| 19 | speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and songs; sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord; | λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὑμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾀδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ, | ||
| 20 | and in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ give thanks every day for everything to our God and Father. | εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί, | ||
| 21 | Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. | ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ. | ||
| 22 | Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord; | Wives and Husbands Eph.5.22-33 | Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ, | |
| 23 | for the man is the head of the woman, just as Christ also is the head of the church. Christ is, indeed, the Saviour of the body; | ὁτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος. | ||
| 24 | but just as the church is subject to Christ, so must women be to their husbands in everything. | ἀλλὰ ὡς ἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ Χριστῷ, οὑτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί. | ||
| 25 | Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for it, | Οἱ ἀνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς, | ||
| 26 | to consecrate it, cleansing it by water and word, | ἵνα αὐτὴν ἀγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὑδατος ἐν ῥήματι, | ||
| 27 | so that he might present the church to himself all glorious, with no stain or wrinkle or anything of the sort, but holy and without blemish. | ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἐνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἐχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἠ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ' ἵνα ᾖ ἀγία καὶ ἀμωμος. | ||
| 28 | In the same way men also are bound to love their wives, as they love their own bodies. In loving his wife a man loves himself. | οὑτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἀνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα. ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ, | ||
| 29 | For no one ever hated his own body: on the contrary, he provides and cares for it; and that is how Christ treats the church, | οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, | ||
| 30 | because it is his body, of which we are living parts. | ὁτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ. | ||
| 31 | Thus it is that (in the words of Scripture) 'a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become a single body'. | - a man shall leave his father and mother Eph.5.31 | Gn.2.24 | ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος πατέρα καὶ μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν. | |
| 32 | It is a great truth that is hidden here. I for my part refer it to Christ and to the church, | τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. | ||
| 33 | but it applies also individually: each of you must love his wife as his very self; and the woman must see to it that she pays her husband all respect. | πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ' ἑνα ἑκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὑτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἀνδρα. | ||
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