Ephesians 5 - NASB & NCB

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. Ephesians 5:1	Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children. children following
And walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. Ephesians 5:2	And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a sacrificial offering whose fragrance is pleasing to God. love sacrifice Jesus

But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Ephesians 5:3	Indeed, fornication and impurity of any kind, as well as greed, should not even be mentioned among you. Such talk is not fitting for saints. sin greed holiness
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light. Ephesians 5:8	Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. light children life
For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. Ephesians 5:9	For light produces all goodness and righteousness and truth. light goodness righteousness
Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. Ephesians 5:11-12	Take no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather seek to expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of what deeds people do in secret. sin speaking idols
So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16	Therefore, take care to live as intelligent people, and do not be like those who are senseless. Make the most of the present time, for this is a wicked age. wisdom life mind
Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. Ephesians 5:22-23	Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church, the body of which he is the Savior. marriage Jesus salvation
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. Ephesians 5:25-26	Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her in order to sanctify her by cleansing her with water and the word. love purification relationships
So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. Ephesians 5:28	In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. relationships marriage body
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. Ephesians 5:31	For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. marriage body sexuality
Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33	However, each one of you should love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife should respect her husband. marriage relationships