Ephesians 5
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
1Estote ergo imitatores Dei, sicut filii carissimi,
2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
2et ambulate in dilectione, sicut et Christus dilexit nos, et tradidit semetipsum pro nobis, oblationem et hostiam Deo in odorem suavitatis.
3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
3Fornicatio autem, et omnis immunditia, aut avaritia, nec nominetur in vobis, sicut decet sanctos:
4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
4aut turpitudo, aut stultiloquium, aut scurrilitas, quæ ad rem non pertinet: sed magis gratiarum actio.
5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5Hoc enim scitote intelligentes: quod omnis fornicator, aut immundus, aut avarus, quod est idolorum servitus, non habet hæreditatem in regno Christi et Dei.
6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
6Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis: propter hæc enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiæ.
7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
7Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.
8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
8Eratis enim aliquando tenebræ: nunc autem lux in Domino. Ut filii lucis ambulate:
9for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
9fructus enim lucis est in omni bonitate, et justitia, et veritate:
10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
10probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo:
11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
11et nolite communicare operibus infructuosis tenebrarum, magis autem redarguite.
12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
12Quæ enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis, turpe est et dicere.
13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
13Omnia autem, quæ arguuntur, a lumine manifestantur: omne enim, quod manifestatur, lumen est.
14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
14Propter quod dicit: Surge qui dormis, et exsurge a mortuis, et illuminabit te Christus.
15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
15Videte itaque, fratres, quomodo caute ambuletis: non quasi insipientes,
16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
16sed ut sapientes: redimentes tempus, quoniam dies mali sunt.
17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
17Propterea nolite fieri imprudentes, sed intelligentes quæ sit voluntas Dei.
18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
18Et nolite inebriari vino, in quo est luxuria, sed implemini Spiritu Sancto,
19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
19loquentes vobismetipsis in psalmis, et hymnis, et canticis spiritualibus, cantantes et psallentes in cordibus vestris Domino,
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
20gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi Deo et Patri,
21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
21subjecti invicem in timore Christi.
22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
22Mulieres viris suis subditæ sint, sicut Domino:
23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
23quoniam vir caput est mulieris, sicut Christus caput est Ecclesiæ: ipse, salvator corporis ejus.
24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
24Sed sicut Ecclesia subjecta est Christo, ita et mulieres viris suis in omnibus.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
25Viri, diligite uxores vestras, sicut et Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, et seipsum tradidit pro ea,
26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
26ut illam sanctificaret, mundans lavacro aquæ in verbo vitæ,
27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
27ut exhiberet ipse sibi gloriosam Ecclesiam, non habentem maculam, aut rugam, aut aliquid hujusmodi, sed ut sit sancta et immaculata.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
28Ita et viri debent diligere uxores suas ut corpora sua. Qui suam uxorem diligit, seipsum diligit.
29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
29Nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit: sed nutrit et fovet eam, sicut et Christus Ecclesiam:
30For we are members of His body.
30quia membra sumus corporis ejus, de carne ejus et de ossibus ejus.
31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
31Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam, et adhærebit uxori suæ, et erunt duo in carne una.
32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
32Sacramentum hoc magnum est, ego autem dico in Christo et in Ecclesia.
33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
33Verumtamen et vos singuli, unusquisque uxorem suam sicut seipsum diligat: uxor autem timeat virum suum.
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