Popular Bible Verses from Ephesians 5

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Be imitators of God in everything you do, for then you will represent your Father as his beloved sons and daughters. And continue to walk surrendered to the extravagant love of Christ, for he surrendered his life as a sacrifice for us. His great love for us was pleasing to God, like an aroma of adoration—a sweet healing fragrance.

So be very careful how you live, not being like those with no understanding, but live honorably with true wisdom, for we are living in evil times. Take full advantage of every day as you spend your life for his purposes.

And don’t get drunk with wine, which is rebellion; instead be filled continually with the Holy Spirit. And your hearts will overflow with a joyful song to the Lord. Keep speaking to each other with words of Scripture, singing the Psalms with praises and spontaneous songs given by the Spirit! Always give thanks to Father God for every person he brings into your life in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And don’t live foolishly for then you will have discernment to fully understand God’s will.

And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ demonstrated to us, his bride. For he died for us, sacrificing himself

Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light!

And out of your reverence for Christ be supportive of each other in love.

For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord

So every married man should be gracious to his wife just as he is gracious to himself. And every wife should be tenderly devoted to her husband.

For this reason a man is to leave his father and his mother and lovingly hold to his wife, since the two have become joined as one flesh.

And don’t even associate with the servants of darkness because they have no fruit in them; instead, reveal truth to them.