Ephesians 5
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
1Estote ergo imitatores Dei, sicut filii carissimi,
2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
2et ambulate in dilectione, sicut et Christus dilexit nos, et tradidit semetipsum pro nobis, oblationem et hostiam Deo in odorem suavitatis.
3But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
3Fornicatio autem, et omnis immunditia, aut avaritia, nec nominetur in vobis, sicut decet sanctos:
4nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.
4aut turpitudo, aut stultiloquium, aut scurrilitas, quæ ad rem non pertinet: sed magis gratiarum actio.
5Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and 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 these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
6Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis: propter hæc enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiæ.
7Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
7Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.
8For you were once darkness, but are now 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 Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
9fructus enim lucis est in omni bonitate, et justitia, et veritate:
10proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
10probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo:
11Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
11et nolite communicare operibus infructuosis tenebrarum, magis autem redarguite.
12For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
12Quæ enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis, turpe est et dicere.
13But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
13Omnia autem, quæ arguuntur, a lumine manifestantur: omne enim, quod manifestatur, lumen est.
14Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
14Propter quod dicit: Surge qui dormis, et exsurge a mortuis, et illuminabit te Christus.
15Therefore watch carefully 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, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
17Propterea nolite fieri imprudentes, sed intelligentes quæ sit voluntas Dei.
18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
18Et nolite inebriari vino, in quo est luxuria, sed implemini Spiritu Sancto,
19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
19loquentes vobismetipsis in psalmis, et hymnis, et canticis spiritualibus, cantantes et psallentes in cordibus vestris Domino,
20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
20gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi Deo et Patri,
21subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
21subjecti invicem in timore Christi.
22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
22Mulieres viris suis subditæ sint, sicut Domino:
23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
23quoniam vir caput est mulieris, sicut Christus caput est Ecclesiæ: ipse, salvator corporis ejus.
24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
24Sed sicut Ecclesia subjecta est Christo, ita et mulieres viris suis in omnibus.
25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
25Viri, diligite uxores vestras, sicut et Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, et seipsum tradidit pro ea,
26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
26ut illam sanctificaret, mundans lavacro aquæ in verbo vitæ,
27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
27ut exhiberet ipse sibi gloriosam Ecclesiam, non habentem maculam, aut rugam, aut aliquid hujusmodi, sed ut sit sancta et immaculata.
28Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
28Ita et viri debent diligere uxores suas ut corpora sua. Qui suam uxorem diligit, seipsum diligit.
29For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
29Nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit: sed nutrit et fovet eam, sicut et Christus Ecclesiam:
30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
30quia membra sumus corporis ejus, de carne ejus et de ossibus ejus.
31“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then 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 great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
32Sacramentum hoc magnum est, ego autem dico in Christo et in Ecclesia.
33Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
33Verumtamen et vos singuli, unusquisque uxorem suam sicut seipsum diligat: uxor autem timeat virum suum.
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