Ephesians 5

Question 1

Ephesians 5:1

Answer 1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

Question 2

Ephesians 5:2

Answer 2

And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Question 3

Ephesians 5:3

Answer 3

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

Question 4

Ephesians 5:4

Answer 4

Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Question 5

Ephesians 5:5

Answer 5

For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Question 6

Ephesians 5:6

Answer 6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

Question 7

Ephesians 5:7

Answer 7

Therefore do not become partners with them;

Question 8

Ephesians 5:8

Answer 8

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Question 9

Ephesians 5:9

Answer 9

(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Question 10

Ephesians 5:10

Answer 10

and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

Question 11

Ephesians 5:11

Answer 11

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Question 12

Ephesians 5:12

Answer 12

For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

Question 13

Ephesians 5:13

Answer 13

But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

Question 14

Ephesians 5:14

Answer 14

for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Question 15

Ephesians 5:15

Answer 15

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Question 16

Ephesians 5:16

Answer 16

making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

Question 17

Ephesians 5:17

Answer 17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Question 18

Ephesians 5:18

Answer 18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,

Question 19

Ephesians 5:19

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Ephesians 5:20

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Ephesians 5:21

Answer 21

submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Question 22

Ephesians 5:22

Answer 22

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Question 23

Ephesians 5:23

Answer 23

For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

Question 24

Ephesians 5:24

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Ephesians 5:25

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Ephesians 5:26

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Ephesians 5:27

Answer 27

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

Question 28

Ephesians 5:28

Answer 28

In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Question 29

Ephesians 5:29

Answer 29

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

Question 30

Ephesians 5:30

Answer 30

because we are members of his body.

Question 31

Ephesians 5:31

Answer 31

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

Question 32

Ephesians 5:32

Answer 32

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

Question 33

Ephesians 5:33

Answer 33

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.