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

1 ¶ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us

ℵBA ⟨you⟩

, and hath given himself for us

B ⟨you⟩

an offering and a sacrifice

ℵ ⟨a sacrifice and an offering⟩

to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

2 and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell.

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

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

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

4 nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For

ℵ* omit

this ye know

ℵBA ⟨know this assuredly⟩

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

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

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

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

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

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

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

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit

ℵBA ⟨light⟩

is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

9 (for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

10 proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

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

11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

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

12 for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

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

13 But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

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

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

15 See then

A ⟨See then, brethren,⟩; ℵB ⟨Look diligently therefore,⟩

that ye walk circumspectly

ℵB ⟨how ye walk⟩

, not as fools, but as wise,

15 ¶ Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding

ℵBA ⟨understand⟩

what the will

ℵ ⟨mind⟩

of the Lord

B ⟨our Lord⟩; A ⟨God⟩

is.

17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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

18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual

B omit

songs, singing

A ⟨singing with grace⟩

and making melody in your heart

A ⟨hearts⟩

to the Lord;

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

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

ℵ ⟨the⟩

Lord Jesus Christ

B ⟨Christ Jesus⟩

;

20 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God

ℵBA ⟨Christ⟩

.

21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your

ℵA ⟨Let the wives submit themselves unto their⟩; B ⟨Wives, unto your⟩

own husbands, as unto the Lord.

22 ¶ Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is

ℵBA ⟨is⟩

the head of the church: and he is

ℵBA ⟨and he is⟩

the saviour of the body.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own

ℵB omit

husbands in every thing.

24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their husbands in everything.

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

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

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

26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

27 That he might present it

ℵBA omit

to himself

ℵ ⟨him⟩

a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

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

28 So ought

A ⟨ought also⟩

men to love their wives as their own bodies

ℵ ⟨children⟩

. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his own wife loveth himself:

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

ℵBA ⟨Christ⟩

the church:

29 for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ also the church;

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

ℵBA omit

.

30 because we are members of his body.

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

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the twain shall become one flesh.

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

32 This mystery is great: but I speak in regard of Christ and of the church.

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

33 Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.