以弗所書 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
行事與聖徒的身分相稱
5 因此，你們既然是上帝疼愛的兒女，就要效法上帝。 2 要以愛心待人，像基督愛我們一樣，祂為我們犧牲自己作為獻給上帝的馨香供物和祭物。
3 一切淫亂、污穢或貪婪的事在你們當中連提都不要提，才合乎聖徒的身分。 4 污言穢語、愚昧粗俗的談笑都不合宜，總要說感恩的話才好。 5 因為你們清楚知道，淫亂的人、污穢的人，還有貪婪的人，就是拜偶像的人，在基督和上帝的國裡沒有立足之地。 6 不要被虛空的道理欺騙，因為上帝的烈怒必臨到上述那些悖逆的人。 7 所以，你們不要與他們同流合污。
8 你們從前活在黑暗中，現在既然活在主的光明中，行事為人就該像光明的兒女。 9 光明總是結出良善、公義和真理的果子。 10 你們要察驗什麼是主所喜悅的事， 11 不可參與那些黑暗無益的事，反要揭發斥責， 12 因為那些人暗地裡做的事就是提起來都覺得可恥。 13 然而，一切的事被光一照，都會真相大白， 14 因為光能使一切顯明出來。因此有人說：
「沉睡的人啊，醒來吧！
從死人中起來吧，
基督要光照你了！」
15 因此，你們要注意自己的生活，不要像愚昧人，要像有智慧的人。 16 要愛惜光陰，因為現今是個邪惡的世代。 17 所以，不要做糊塗人，要明白主的旨意。 18 不要醉酒，醉酒會使人放蕩，要被聖靈充滿。 19 要用詩篇、聖樂、靈歌互相激勵，從心底唱出讚美主的旋律。 20 凡事總要奉我們主耶穌基督的名感謝父上帝。
夫婦之道
21 你們要存敬畏基督的心彼此順服。
22 作妻子的要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主基督。 23 因為丈夫是妻子的頭，正如基督是祂的身體——教會的頭，又是教會的救主。 24 教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要照樣凡事順服丈夫。
25 作丈夫的要愛妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己， 26 好藉著自己的道用水洗淨教會，使她聖潔， 27 以便把聖潔、完美、沒有污點、皺紋等瑕疵的榮耀教會呈獻給祂自己。 28 同樣，作丈夫的也要愛妻子如同愛自己的身體，愛妻子就是愛自己。 29 沒有人會厭惡自己的身體，人總是珍惜保養身體，正如基督對待教會一樣， 30 因為我們是祂身上的肢體。 31 「因此，人要離開父母，與妻子結合，二人成為一體。」 32 這是一個極大的奧祕，然而我是指著基督和教會的關係說的。 33 總之，你們作丈夫的都要愛妻子如同愛自己，作妻子的也要敬重丈夫。
Ephesians 5
Contemporary English Version
5 Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children. 2 (A) Let love be your guide. Christ loved us[a] and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.
3 You are God's people, so don't let it be said that any of you are immoral or indecent or greedy. 4 Don't use dirty or foolish or filthy words. Instead, say how thankful you are. 5 Being greedy, indecent, or immoral is just another way of worshiping idols. You can be sure people who behave in this way will never be part of the kingdom that belongs to Christ and to God.
Living as People of Light
6 Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says[b] foolish things. 7 So don't have anything to do with anyone like that.
8 You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light 9 and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful, 10 as you try to please the Lord. 11 Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are. 12 It is disgusting even to talk about what is done in the dark. 13 But the light will show what these things are really like. 14 Light shows up everything,[c] just as the Scriptures say,
“Wake up from your sleep
and rise from death.
Then Christ will shine on you.”
15 Act like people with good sense and not like fools. 16 (B) These are evil times, so make every minute count. 17 Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don't destroy yourself by getting drunk, but let the Spirit fill your life. 19 (C) When you meet together, sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as you praise the Lord with all your heart. 20 Always use the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to thank God the Father for everything.
Wives and Husbands
21 Honor Christ and put others first. 22 (D) A wife should put her husband first, as she does the Lord. 23 A husband is the head of his wife, as Christ is the head and the Savior of the church, which is his own body. 24 Wives should always put their husbands first, as the church puts Christ first.
25 (E) A husband should love his wife as much as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26 He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water. 27 Christ did this, so he would have a glorious and holy church, without faults or spots or wrinkles or any other flaws.
28 In the same way, a husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself. A husband who loves his wife shows he loves himself. 29 None of us hate our own bodies. We provide for them and take good care of them, just as Christ does for the church, 30 because we are each part of his body. 31 (F) As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother to get married, and he becomes like one person with his wife.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I understand it to mean Christ and his church. 33 So each husband should love his wife as much as he loves himself, and each wife should respect her husband.
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