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Ephesians 5

33 aligned verses; 33 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children ;
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
And 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.
and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us , an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
But fornication , and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
and whoredom , and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;
For 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.
for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person , who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience .
Let no one deceive you with vain words , for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience ,
Be not ye therefore partakers with them .
become not , then, partakers with them ,
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children of light :
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord ; as children of light walk ye,
( For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth ;)
for the fruit of the Spirit ` is ' in all goodness , and righteousness , and truth ,
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord .
proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord ,
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness , but rather reprove them.
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of ,
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light : for whatsoever doth make manifest is light .
and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light ;
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest , and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light .
wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping , and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. '
See then that ye walk circumspectly , not as fools , but as wise,
See , then , how exactly ye walk, not as unwise , but as wise,
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil .
redeeming the time, because the days are evil ;
Wherefore be ye not unwise , but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
because of this become not fools , but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord ,
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit ;
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit ,
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord ;
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord ,
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
giving thanks always for all things , in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , to the God and Father ;
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
Wives , submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord .
The wives ! to your own husbands subject yourselves , as to the Lord ,
For 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 .
because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ ` is ' head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body ,
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing .
but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also `are' the wives to their own husbands in everything .
Husbands , love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church , and gave himself for it ;
The husbands ! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly , and did give himself for it ,
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word ,
that he might sanctify it , having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying ,
That 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.
that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory , not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies . He that loveth his wife loveth himself .
so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies : he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones .
because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones ;
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 .
` for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh ;'
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
this secret is great , and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself ; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself , and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.

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