King James Bible

Christian Standard Bible

1Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

1Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

2and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

3But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

3But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

4Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

4Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

5For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

6Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God's wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

7Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

7Therefore, do not become their partners.

8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light--

9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

9for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth--

10Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

10testing what is pleasing to the Lord.

11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

11Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

12For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

13But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

13Everything exposed by the light is made visible,

14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

14for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

15Pay careful attention, then, to how you live--not as unwise people but as wise--

16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

17So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

18And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

18And don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:

19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord,

20Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

20giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

21submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

22Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

23For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

23because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

24Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

26to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

27He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

28So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

28In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

29For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

30since we are members of his body.

31For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

32This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

32This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

33To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com.

The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.