Jeremiah 1-4

New International Version

1 The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth^(A) in the territory of Benjamin. ²The word of the Lord came^(B) to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah^(C) son of Amon king of Judah, ³and through the reign of Jehoiakim^(D) son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah^(E) son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.^(F)

The Call of Jeremiah

⁴The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb^(G) I knew^[a]^(H) you,
before you were born^(I) I set you apart;^(J)
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.^(K)”

⁶“Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak;^(L) I am too young.”^(M)

⁷But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. ⁸Do not be afraid^(N) of them, for I am with you^(O) and will rescue^(P) you,” declares the Lord.^(Q)

⁹Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched^(R) my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth.^(S) ¹⁰See, today I appoint you over nations^(T) and kingdoms to uproot^(U) and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”^(V)

¹¹The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”^(W)

“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

¹²The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching^[b]^(X) to see that my word is fulfilled.”

¹³The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?”^(Y)

“I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.”

¹⁴The Lord said to me, “From the north^(Z) disaster will be poured out on all who live in the land. ¹⁵I am about to summon all the peoples of the northern kingdoms,” declares the Lord.

“Their kings will come and set up their thrones
    in the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem;
they will come against all her surrounding walls
    and against all the towns of Judah.^(AA)
¹⁶I will pronounce my judgments^(AB) on my people
    because of their wickedness^(AC) in forsaking me,^(AD)
in burning incense to other gods^(AE)
    and in worshiping^(AF) what their hands have made.^(AG)

¹⁷“Get yourself ready! Stand up and say^(AH) to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified^(AI) by them, or I will terrify you before them. ¹⁸Today I have made you^(AJ) a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. ¹⁹They will fight against you but will not overcome^(AK) you, for I am with you^(AL) and will rescue^(AM) you,” declares the Lord.

Israel Forsakes God

2 The word^(AN) of the Lord came to me: ²“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,^(AO)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,^(AP)
    through a land not sown.
³Israel was holy^(AQ) to the Lord,^(AR)
    the firstfruits^(AS) of his harvest;
all who devoured^(AT) her were held guilty,^(AU)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

⁴Hear the word of the Lord, you descendants of Jacob,
all you clans of Israel.

⁵This is what the Lord says:

“What fault did your ancestors find in me,
    that they strayed so far from me?
They followed worthless idols^(AV)
    and became worthless^(AW) themselves.
⁶They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt^(AX)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts^(AY) and ravines,^(AZ)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels^(BA) and no one lives?’
⁷I brought you into a fertile land
    to eat its fruit and rich produce.^(BB)
But you came and defiled my land
    and made my inheritance detestable.^(BC)
⁸The priests did not ask,
    ‘Where is the Lord?’
Those who deal with the law did not know me;^(BD)
    the leaders^(BE) rebelled against me.
The prophets prophesied by Baal,^(BF)
    following worthless idols.^(BG)

⁹“Therefore I bring charges^(BH) against you again,”
declares the Lord.
    “And I will bring charges against your children’s children.
¹⁰Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus^(BI) and look,
    send to Kedar^[c]^(BJ) and observe closely;
    see if there has ever been anything like this:
¹¹Has a nation ever changed its gods?
    (Yet they are not gods^(BK) at all.)
But my people have exchanged their glorious^(BL) God
    for worthless idols.
¹²Be appalled at this, you heavens,
    and shudder with great horror,”
declares the Lord.
¹³“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken^(BM) me,
    the spring of living water,^(BN)
and have dug their own cisterns,
    broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
¹⁴Is Israel a servant, a slave^(BO) by birth?
    Why then has he become plunder?
¹⁵Lions^(BP) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste^(BQ) his land;
    his towns are burned^(BR) and deserted.^(BS)
¹⁶Also, the men of Memphis^(BT) and Tahpanhes^(BU)
    have cracked your skull.
¹⁷Have you not brought this on yourselves^(BV)
    by forsaking^(BW) the Lord your God
    when he led you in the way?
¹⁸Now why go to Egypt^(BX)
    to drink water from the Nile^[d]?^(BY)
And why go to Assyria^(BZ)
    to drink water from the Euphrates?^(CA)
¹⁹Your wickedness will punish you;
    your backsliding^(CB) will rebuke^(CC) you.
Consider then and realize
    how evil and bitter^(CD) it is for you
when you forsake^(CE) the Lord your God
    and have no awe^(CF) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

²⁰“Long ago you broke off your yoke^(CG)
    and tore off your bonds;^(CH)
    you said, ‘I will not serve you!’^(CI)
Indeed, on every high hill^(CJ)
    and under every spreading tree^(CK)
    you lay down as a prostitute.^(CL)
²¹I had planted^(CM) you like a choice vine^(CN)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,^(CO) wild vine?
²²Although you wash^(CP) yourself with soap^(CQ)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.^(CR)
²³“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;^(CS)
    I have not run after the Baals’?^(CT)
See how you behaved in the valley;^(CU)
    consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
    running^(CV) here and there,
²⁴a wild donkey^(CW) accustomed to the desert,^(CX)
    sniffing the wind in her craving—
    in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
    at mating time they will find her.
²⁵Do not run until your feet are bare
    and your throat is dry.
But you said, ‘It’s no use!^(CY)
    I love foreign gods,^(CZ)
    and I must go after them.’^(DA)

²⁶“As a thief is disgraced^(DB) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests^(DC) and their prophets.^(DD)
²⁷They say to wood,^(DE) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,^(DF) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs^(DG) to me
    and not their faces;^(DH)
yet when they are in trouble,^(DI) they say,
    ‘Come and save^(DJ) us!’
²⁸Where then are the gods^(DK) you made for yourselves?
    Let them come if they can save you
    when you are in trouble!^(DL)
For you, Judah, have as many gods
    as you have towns.^(DM)

²⁹“Why do you bring charges against me?
    You have all^(DN) rebelled against me,”
declares the Lord.
³⁰“In vain I punished your people;
    they did not respond to correction.^(DO)
Your sword has devoured your prophets^(DP)
    like a ravenous lion.

³¹“You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(DQ)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(DR)
³²Does a young woman forget her jewelry,
    a bride her wedding ornaments?
Yet my people have forgotten^(DS) me,
    days without number.
³³How skilled you are at pursuing^(DT) love!
    Even the worst of women can learn from your ways.
³⁴On your clothes is found
    the lifeblood^(DU) of the innocent poor,
    though you did not catch them breaking in.^(DV)
Yet in spite of all this
³⁵    you say, ‘I am innocent;^(DW)
    he is not angry with me.’
But I will pass judgment^(DX) on you
    because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’^(DY)
³⁶Why do you go about so much,
    changing^(DZ) your ways?
You will be disappointed by Egypt^(EA)
    as you were by Assyria.
³⁷You will also leave that place
    with your hands on your head,^(EB)
for the Lord has rejected those you trust;
    you will not be helped^(EC) by them.

3 “If a man divorces^(ED) his wife
    and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
    Would not the land be completely defiled?^(EE)
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers^(EF)—
    would you now return to me?”^(EG)
declares the Lord.
²“Look up to the barren heights^(EH) and see.
    Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside^(EI) you sat waiting for lovers,
    sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land^(EJ)
    with your prostitution^(EK) and wickedness.
³Therefore the showers have been withheld,^(EL)
    and no spring rains^(EM) have fallen.
Yet you have the brazen^(EN) look of a prostitute;
    you refuse to blush with shame.^(EO)
⁴Have you not just called to me:
    ‘My Father,^(EP) my friend from my youth,^(EQ)
⁵will you always be angry?^(ER)
    Will your wrath continue forever?’
This is how you talk,
    but you do all the evil you can.”

Unfaithful Israel

⁶During the reign of King Josiah,^(ES) the Lord said to me, “Have you seen what faithless^(ET) Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree^(EU) and has committed adultery^(EV) there. ⁷I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister^(EW) Judah saw it.^(EX) ⁸I gave faithless Israel^(EY) her certificate of divorce^(EZ) and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear;^(FA) she also went out and committed adultery. ⁹Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land^(FB) and committed adultery^(FC) with stone^(FD) and wood.^(FE) ¹⁰In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return^(FF) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,^(FG)” declares the Lord.^(FH)

¹¹The Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel is more righteous^(FI) than unfaithful^(FJ) Judah.^(FK) ¹²Go, proclaim this message toward the north:^(FL)

“‘Return,^(FM) faithless^(FN) Israel,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’^(FO) declares the Lord,
    ‘I will not be angry^(FP) forever.
¹³Only acknowledge^(FQ) your guilt—
    you have rebelled against the Lord your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods^(FR)
    under every spreading tree,^(FS)
    and have not obeyed^(FT) me,’”
declares the Lord.

¹⁴“Return,^(FU) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.^(FV) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion. ¹⁵Then I will give you shepherds^(FW) after my own heart,^(FX) who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. ¹⁶In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark^(FY) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;^(FZ) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made. ¹⁷At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne^(GA) of the Lord, and all nations^(GB) will gather in Jerusalem to honor^(GC) the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.^(GD) ¹⁸In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel,^(GE) and together^(GF) they will come from a northern^(GG) land to the land^(GH) I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.

¹⁹“I myself said,

“‘How gladly would I treat you like my children
    and give you a pleasant land,^(GI)
    the most beautiful inheritance^(GJ) of any nation.’
I thought you would call me ‘Father’^(GK)
    and not turn away from following me.
²⁰But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,
    so you, Israel, have been unfaithful^(GL) to me,”
declares the Lord.

²¹A cry is heard on the barren heights,^(GM)
the weeping^(GN) and pleading of the people of Israel,
because they have perverted their ways
and have forgotten^(GO) the Lord their God.

²²“Return,^(GP) faithless people;
I will cure^(GQ) you of backsliding.”^(GR)

“Yes, we will come to you,
    for you are the Lord our God.
²³Surely the idolatrous commotion on the hills^(GS)
    and mountains is a deception;
surely in the Lord our God
    is the salvation^(GT) of Israel.
²⁴From our youth shameful^(GU) gods have consumed
    the fruits of our ancestors’ labor—
their flocks and herds,
    their sons and daughters.
²⁵Let us lie down in our shame,^(GV)
    and let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned^(GW) against the Lord our God,
    both we and our ancestors;^(GX)
from our youth^(GY) till this day
    we have not obeyed^(GZ) the Lord our God.”

4 “If you, Israel, will return,^(HA)
    then return to me,”
declares the Lord.
“If you put your detestable idols^(HB) out of my sight
    and no longer go astray,
²and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,^(HC) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’^(HD)
then the nations will invoke blessings^(HE) by him
    and in him they will boast.^(HF)”

³This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground^(HG)
    and do not sow among thorns.^(HH)
⁴Circumcise yourselves to the Lord,
    circumcise your hearts,^(HI)
    you people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem,
or my wrath^(HJ) will flare up and burn like fire^(HK)
    because of the evil^(HL) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench^(HM) it.

Disaster From the North

⁵“Announce in Judah and proclaim^(HN) in Jerusalem and say:
    ‘Sound the trumpet^(HO) throughout the land!’
Cry aloud and say:
    ‘Gather together!
    Let us flee to the fortified cities!’^(HP)
⁶Raise the signal^(HQ) to go to Zion!
    Flee for safety without delay!
For I am bringing disaster^(HR) from the north,^(HS)
    even terrible destruction.”

⁷A lion^(HT) has come out of his lair;^(HU)
    a destroyer^(HV) of nations has set out.
He has left his place
    to lay waste^(HW) your land.
Your towns will lie in ruins^(HX)
    without inhabitant.
⁸So put on sackcloth,^(HY)
    lament^(HZ) and wail,
for the fierce anger^(IA) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

⁹“In that day,” declares the Lord,
“the king and the officials will lose heart,^(IB)
the priests will be horrified,
and the prophets will be appalled.”^(IC)

¹⁰Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived^(ID) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’^(IE) when the sword is at our throats!”

¹¹At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind^(IF) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; ¹²a wind^(IG) too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments^(IH) against them.”

¹³Look! He advances like the clouds,^(II)
    his chariots^(IJ) come like a whirlwind,^(IK)
his horses^(IL) are swifter than eagles.^(IM)
    Woe to us! We are ruined!^(IN)
¹⁴Jerusalem, wash^(IO) the evil from your heart and be saved.^(IP)
    How long^(IQ) will you harbor wicked thoughts?
¹⁵A voice is announcing from Dan,^(IR)
    proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.^(IS)
¹⁶“Tell this to the nations,
    proclaim concerning Jerusalem:
‘A besieging army is coming from a distant land,^(IT)
    raising a war cry^(IU) against the cities of Judah.^(IV)
¹⁷They surround^(IW) her like men guarding a field,
    because she has rebelled^(IX) against me,’”
declares the Lord.
¹⁸“Your own conduct and actions^(IY)
    have brought this on you.^(IZ)
This is your punishment.
    How bitter^(JA) it is!
    How it pierces to the heart!”

¹⁹Oh, my anguish, my anguish!^(JB)
    I writhe in pain.^(JC)
Oh, the agony of my heart!
    My heart pounds^(JD) within me,
    I cannot keep silent.^(JE)
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet;^(JF)
    I have heard the battle cry.^(JG)
²⁰Disaster follows disaster;^(JH)
    the whole land lies in ruins.^(JI)
In an instant my tents^(JJ) are destroyed,
    my shelter in a moment.
²¹How long must I see the battle standard^(JK)
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?^(JL)

²²“My people are fools;^(JM)
    they do not know me.^(JN)
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.^(JO)
They are skilled in doing evil;^(JP)
    they know not how to do good.”^(JQ)

²³I looked at the earth,
    and it was formless and empty;^(JR)
and at the heavens,
    and their light^(JS) was gone.
²⁴I looked at the mountains,
    and they were quaking;^(JT)
    all the hills were swaying.
²⁵I looked, and there were no people;
    every bird in the sky had flown away.^(JU)
²⁶I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;^(JV)
    all its towns lay in ruins^(JW)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.^(JX)

²⁷This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,^(JY)
    though I will not destroy^(JZ) it completely.
²⁸Therefore the earth will mourn^(KA)
    and the heavens above grow dark,^(KB)
because I have spoken and will not relent,^(KC)
    I have decided and will not turn back.^(KD)”

²⁹At the sound of horsemen and archers^(KE)
    every town takes to flight.^(KF)
Some go into the thickets;
    some climb up among the rocks.^(KG)
All the towns are deserted;^(KH)
    no one lives in them.

³⁰What are you doing,^(KI) you devastated one?
    Why dress yourself in scarlet
    and put on jewels^(KJ) of gold?
Why highlight your eyes with makeup?^(KK)
    You adorn yourself in vain.
Your lovers^(KL) despise you;
    they want to kill you.^(KM)

³¹I hear a cry as of a woman in labor,^(KN)
    a groan as of one bearing her first child—
the cry of Daughter Zion^(KO) gasping for breath,^(KP)
    stretching out her hands^(KQ) and saying,
“Alas! I am fainting;
    my life is given over to murderers.”^(KR)

Notas al pie

Jeremiah 1:5 Or chose
Jeremiah 1:12 The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.
Jeremiah 2:10 In the Syro-Arabian desert
Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile

Ephesians 5-6

New International Version

5 ¹Follow God’s example,^(A) therefore, as dearly loved children^(B) ²and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us^(C) and gave himself up for us^(D) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.^(E)

³But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,^(F) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,^(G) because these are improper for God’s holy people. ⁴Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk^(H) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.^(I) ⁵For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater^(J)—has any inheritance^(K) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.^[a]^(L) ⁶Let no one deceive you^(M) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath^(N) comes on those who are disobedient.^(O) ⁷Therefore do not be partners with them.

⁸For you were once^(P) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light^(Q) ⁹(for the fruit^(R) of the light consists in all goodness,^(S) righteousness and truth) ¹⁰and find out what pleases the Lord.^(T) ¹¹Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,^(U) but rather expose them. ¹²It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. ¹³But everything exposed by the light^(V) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. ¹⁴This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,^(W)
rise from the dead,^(X)
and Christ will shine on you.”^(Y)

¹⁵Be very careful, then, how you live^(Z)—not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶making the most of every opportunity,^(AA) because the days are evil.^(AB) ¹⁷Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.^(AC) ¹⁸Do not get drunk on wine,^(AD) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,^(AE) ¹⁹speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.^(AF) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰always giving thanks^(AG) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households^(AH)

²¹Submit to one another^(AI) out of reverence for Christ.

²²Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands^(AJ) as you do to the Lord.^(AK) ²³For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(AL) his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands^(AM) in everything.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives,^(AN) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^(AO) ²⁶to make her holy,^(AP) cleansing^[b] her by the washing^(AQ) with water through the word, ²⁷and to present her to himself^(AR) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^(AS) ²⁸In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(AT) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰for we are members of his body.^(AU) 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.”^[c]^(AV) ³²This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. ³³However, each one of you also must love his wife^(AW) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.^(AX) ²“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— ³“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”^[d]^(AY)

⁴Fathers,^[e] do not exasperate your children;^(AZ) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.^(BA)

⁵Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect^(BB) and fear, and with sincerity of heart,^(BC) just as you would obey Christ.^(BD) ⁶Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,^(BE) doing the will of God from your heart. ⁷Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,^(BF) ⁸because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do,^(BG) whether they are slave or free.

⁹And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours^(BH) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism^(BI) with him.

The Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord^(BJ) and in his mighty power.^(BK) ¹¹Put on the full armor of God,^(BL) so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,^(BM) but against the rulers, against the authorities,^(BN) against the powers^(BO) of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.^(BP) ¹³Therefore put on the full armor of God,^(BQ) so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,^(BR) with the breastplate of righteousness in place,^(BS) ¹⁵and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.^(BT) ¹⁶In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,^(BU) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.^(BV) ¹⁷Take the helmet of salvation^(BW) and the sword of the Spirit,^(BX) which is the word of God.^(BY)

¹⁸And pray in the Spirit^(BZ) on all occasions^(CA) with all kinds of prayers and requests.^(CB) With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying^(CC) for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹Pray also for me,^(CD) that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly^(CE) make known the mystery^(CF) of the gospel, ²⁰for which I am an ambassador^(CG) in chains.^(CH) Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Final Greetings

²¹Tychicus,^(CI) the dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know how I am and what I am doing. ²²I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are,^(CJ) and that he may encourage you.^(CK)

²³Peace^(CL) to the brothers and sisters,^[f] and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.^[g]

Notas al pie

Ephesians 5:5 Or kingdom of the Messiah and God
Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24
Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16
Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents
Ephesians 6:23 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
Ephesians 6:24 Or Grace and immortality to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.