Ephesians 5
New American Standard Bible
Be Imitators of God
5 (A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and (B)walk in love, just as Christ also (C)loved [a]you and (D)gave Himself up for us, an (E)offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a (F)fragrant aroma.
3 But (G)sexual immorality [c]or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among [d]saints; 4 and there must be no (H)filthiness [e]or foolish talk, or vulgar joking, which (I)are not fitting, but rather (J)giving of thanks. 5 For this you know with certainty, that (K)no sexually immoral or [f]impure or greedy person, which [g]amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom (L)of Christ and God.
6 (M)See that no one deceives you with empty words, for because of these things (N)the wrath of God comes upon (O)the [h]sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not become (P)partners with them; 8 for (Q)you were once (R)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as (S)children of light 9 (for (T)the fruit of the light consists in all (U)goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 [i](V)as you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 (W)Do not participate in the useless (X)deeds of (Y)darkness, but instead even (Z)expose them; 12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things become visible (AA)when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 14 For this reason [j]it says,
15 So then, [k]be careful how you (AE)walk, not (AF)as unwise people but as wise, 16 [l](AG)making the most of your time, because (AH)the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but (AI)understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And (AJ)do not get drunk with wine, [m]in which there is (AK)debauchery, but be (AL)filled with the Spirit, 19 (AM)speaking to [n]one another in (AN)psalms and (AO)hymns and spiritual (AP)songs, (AQ)singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord; 20 (AR)always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our (AS)God and Father; 21 [o](AT)and subject yourselves to one another in the [p](AU)fear of Christ.
Marriage like Christ and the Church
22 (AV)Wives, (AW)subject yourselves to your own husbands, (AX)as to the Lord. 23 For (AY)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (AZ)head of the church, He Himself (BA)being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
25 (BB)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (BC)gave Himself up for her, 26 (BD)so that He might sanctify her, having (BE)cleansed her by the (BF)washing of water with (BG)the word, 27 that He might (BH)present to Himself the church [q]in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be (BI)holy and blameless. 28 So husbands also ought to (BJ)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are (BK)parts of His (BL)body. 31 (BM)For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to (BN)love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she (BO)respects her husband.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:2 One early ms us
- Ephesians 5:2 Lit for an odor of fragrance
- Ephesians 5:3 Lit and all
- Ephesians 5:3 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
- Ephesians 5:4 Lit and
- Ephesians 5:5 I.e., morally impure
- Ephesians 5:5 Lit is
- Ephesians 5:6 I.e., people opposed to God
- Ephesians 5:10 Lit putting to the test what
- Ephesians 5:14 Or He
- Ephesians 5:15 Lit look carefully
- Ephesians 5:16 Lit redeeming the time
- Ephesians 5:18 Or by which
- Ephesians 5:19 Or yourselves
- Ephesians 5:21 Lit being submissive to
- Ephesians 5:21 Or reverence for
- Ephesians 5:27 Lit glorious
Efesierbrevet 5
Svenska Folkbibeln
5 1 Bli Guds efterföljare, ni som är hans älskade barn. 2 Och lev i kärlek, så som Kristus har älskat oss och utlämnat sig själv för oss som offergåva, ett välluktande offer åt Gud. 3 Men otukt och allt slags orenhet eller girighet skall inte ens nämnas bland er, det anstår inte de heliga. 4 Inte heller passar sig fräckt och oförnuftigt prat eller tvetydigt skämt. Tacka i stället Gud. 5 Ni skall veta att ingen otuktig eller oren eller girig - en sådan är en avgudadyrkare - skall ärva Kristi och Guds rike. 6 Låt ingen bedra er med tomt prat. Allt sådant nedkallar Guds vrede över olydnadens barn. 7 Ha därför ingenting med dem att göra.
8 Ni var en gång mörker, men nu är ni ljus i Herren. Vandra då som ljusets barn. 9 Ty ljusets frukt består i allt vad godhet, rättfärdighet och sanning heter. 10 Och pröva vad som är Herren kärt. 11 Ha inget att göra med mörkrets ofruktbara gärningar utan avslöja dem i stället. 12 Vad sådana människor gör i hemlighet är skamligt till och med att nämna. 13 Men allt kommer i dagen, när det uppenbaras av ljuset, 14 ty allt som uppenbaras är ljus. Därför heter det: "Vakna upp, du som sover, och stå upp från de döda, så skall Kristus lysa över dig."[a]
15 Se alltså noga till hur ni lever, att ni inte lever som ovisa människor utan som visa. 16 Ta väl vara på varje tillfälle, ty dagarna är onda. 17 Var därför inte oförståndiga utan förstå vad som är Herrens vilja. 18 Berusa er inte med vin, sådant leder till ett liv i laster. Låt er i stället uppfyllas av Anden, 19 så att ni talar till varandra med psalmer, hymner och andliga sånger, och sjunger och spelar för Herren i era hjärtan. 20 Tacka alltid vår Gud och Fader för allt i vår Herre Jesu Kristi namn. 21 Underordna er varandra i Kristi fruktan.
22 Ni hustrur, underordna er era män, så som ni underordnar er Herren. 23 Ty en man är sin hustrus huvud, liksom Kristus är församlingens huvud - han som är Frälsare för sin kropp. 24 Som församlingen underordnar sig Kristus, skall hustrun i allt underordna sig sin man.
Kristen kärlek innebär offer
25 Ni män, älska era hustrur, så som Kristus har älskat församlingen och offrat sig för den, 26 för att helga den, sedan han renat den genom vattnets bad, i kraft av ordet. 27 Ty han ville ställa fram församlingen inför sig i härlighet, utan fläck eller skrynkla eller något annat sådant. Helig och fullkomlig skulle den vara. 28 På samma sätt är mannen skyldig att älska sin hustru som sin egen kropp. Den som älskar sin hustru älskar sig själv. 29 Ingen har någonsin hatat sin egen kropp,[b] utan man ger den näring och vårdar den, så som Kristus gör med församlingen, 30 eftersom vi är lemmar i hans kropp. 31 Därför skall en man lämna sin far och sin mor och hålla sig till sin hustru, och de två skall vara ett kött. [c] 32 Denna hemlighet är stor - jag talar om Kristus och församlingen. 33 Men vad er angår skall var och en älska sin hustru som sig själv, och hustrun skall visa sin man vördnad.
Footnotes
- Efesierbrevet 5:14 Citatet finns inte ordagrant i GT, men anspelar på Jes 9:2, 26:19, 60:1.
- Efesierbrevet 5:29 sin egen kropp Ordagrant: "sitt eget kött".
- Efesierbrevet 5:31 1 Mos 2:24.
Ephesians 5
Good News Translation
Living in the Light
5 Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him. 2 (A)Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God.
3 Since you are God's people, it is not right that any matters of sexual immorality or indecency or greed should even be mentioned among you. 4 Nor is it fitting for you to use language which is obscene, profane, or vulgar. Rather you should give thanks to God. 5 You may be sure that no one who is immoral, indecent, or greedy (for greed is a form of idolatry) will ever receive a share in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Do not let anyone deceive you with foolish words; it is because of these very things that God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him. 7 So have nothing at all to do with such people. 8 You yourselves used to be in the darkness, but since you have become the Lord's people, you are in the light. So you must live like people who belong to the light, 9 for it is the light[a] that brings a rich harvest of every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth. 10 Try to learn what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the worthless things that people do, things that belong to the darkness. Instead, bring them out to the light. (12 It is really too shameful even to talk about the things they do in secret.) 13 And when all things are brought out to the light, then their true nature is clearly revealed; 14 for anything that is clearly revealed becomes light.[b] That is why it is said,
“Wake up, sleeper,
and rise from death,
and Christ will shine on you.”
15 So be careful how you live. Don't live like ignorant people, but like wise people. 16 (B)Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days. 17 Don't be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord wants you to do.
18 Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit. 19 (C)Speak to one another with the words of psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts. 20 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.
Wives and Husbands
21 Submit yourselves to one another because of your reverence for Christ.
22 (D)Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands as to the Lord. 23 For a husband has authority over his wife just as Christ has authority over the church; and Christ is himself the Savior of the church, his body. 24 And so wives must submit themselves completely to their husbands just as the church submits itself to Christ.
25 (E)Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26 He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water, 27 in order to present the church to himself in all its beauty—pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection. 28 Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. (29 None of us ever hate our own bodies. Instead, we feed them, and take care of them, just as Christ does the church; 30 for we are members of his body.) 31 (F)As the scripture says, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife, and the two will become one.” 32 There is a deep secret truth revealed in this scripture, which I understand as applying to Christ and the church. 33 But it also applies to you: every husband must love his wife as himself, and every wife must respect her husband.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:9 the light; some manuscripts have the Spirit.
- Ephesians 5:14 anything that is clearly revealed becomes light; or it is light that clearly reveals everything.
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