Ephesians 5
Names of God Bible
Imitate God
5 Imitate God, since you are the children he loves. 2 Live in love as Christ also loved us. He gave his life for us as an offering and sacrifice, a soothing aroma to God.
3 Don’t let sexual sin, perversion of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you. This is not appropriate behavior for God’s holy people. 4 It’s not right that dirty stories, foolish talk, or obscene jokes should be mentioned among you either. Instead, give thanks to God. 5 You know very well that no person who is involved in sexual sin, perversion, or greed (which means worshiping wealth) can have any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes to those who refuse to obey him. 7 Don’t be partners with them.
8 Once you lived in the dark, but now the Lord has filled you with light. Live as children who have light. 9 Light produces everything that is good, that has God’s approval, and that is true. 10 Determine which things please the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they are. 12 It is shameful to talk about what some people do in secret. 13 Light exposes the true character of everything 14 because light makes everything easy to see. That’s why it says:
“Wake up, sleeper!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”[a]
15 So then, be very careful how you live. Don’t live like foolish people but like wise people. 16 Make the most of your opportunities because these are evil days. 17 So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants. 18 Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit[b] 19 by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts. 20 Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Yeshua Christ.
Advice to Wives and Husbands
21 Place yourselves under each other’s authority out of respect for Christ.
22 Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.[c] 23 The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior. 24 As the church is under Christ’s authority, so wives are under their husbands’ authority in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it. 26 He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words. 27 Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle—holy and without faults. 28 So husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies. A man who loves his wife loves himself. 29 No one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds and takes care of it, as Christ takes care of the church. 30 We are parts of his body. 31 That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will be one. 32 This is a great mystery. (I’m talking about Christ’s relationship to the church.) 33 But every husband must love his wife as he loves himself, and wives should respect their husbands.
Footnotes
- Ephesians 5:14 Or “and you will shine with Christ’s light.”
- Ephesians 5:18 Or “in your spirit.”
- Ephesians 5:22 English equivalent difficult.
以弗所书 5
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
5 因此，你們既然是蒙愛的兒女，就應當效法 神。 2 要憑著愛心行事，好像基督愛我們，為我們捨己，當作馨香的供品和祭物獻給 神。 3 至於淫亂和任何污穢或貪心的事，在你們中間連提都不可提，才合聖徒的體統。 4 更不要講淫穢和愚妄的話，或下流的笑話，這些都與你們不相稱；卻要說感謝的話。 5 因為你們確實知道，無論是淫亂的、污穢的或貪心的（貪心就是拜偶像），都得不到在基督和 神的國裡的基業。
要作光明的兒女
6 不要給別人用空言欺騙了你們，正因為這些事， 神的震怒必定臨到那些悖逆的人。 7 所以，不要與他們同流合污。 8 你們從前是黑暗的，現今在主裡卻是光明的，行事為人就應當像光明的兒女。 9 光明所結的果子，就是一切良善、公義、誠實。 10 你們要察驗甚麼是主所喜悅的。 11 不要參與暗昧無益的事，倒要把它揭露出來， 12 因為他們暗中所作的事，連提起來也是羞恥的。 13 凡被光揭露的，都是顯而易見的。 14 因為一切顯露出來的就是光，所以有話說：
“睡了的人哪，醒過來，
從死人中起來吧！
基督必要照亮你。”
15 所以，你們行事為人要謹慎，不要像愚昧人，卻要像聰明人。 16 要把握時機，因為這時代邪惡。 17 因此，不要作糊塗人，要明白甚麼是主的旨意。 18 不要醉酒，醉酒能使人放蕩亂性，卻要讓聖靈充滿。 19 應當用詩章、聖詩、靈歌，彼此呼應，口唱心和地讚美主。 20 凡事要奉我們主耶穌基督的名，常常感謝父 神， 21 還要存敬畏基督的心，彼此順服。
丈夫與妻子
22 你們作妻子的，要順服自己的丈夫，好像順服主一樣， 23 因為丈夫是妻子的頭，好像基督是教會的頭；基督又是教會全體的救主。 24 教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要照樣凡事順服丈夫。 25 你們作丈夫的，要愛妻子，好像基督愛教會，為教會捨己， 26 為的是要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔， 27 可以作榮耀的教會歸給自己，甚麼污點皺紋等也沒有，而是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。 28 丈夫也應當這樣愛妻子，好像愛自己的身體一樣。愛妻子的，就是愛自己了。 29 從來沒有人恨惡自己的身體，總是保養顧惜，好像基督對教會一樣， 30 因為我們是他身上的肢體。 31 為了這緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子結合，二人成為一體。 32 這是極大的奧祕，但我是指著基督和教會說的。 33 無論怎樣，你們各人都要愛自己的妻子，好像愛自己一樣。妻子也應當敬重丈夫。
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