Apologetics Bible

Ephesians 5:1

Greek

γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά,

ginesthe oyn mimetai toy theoy, os tekna agapeta,

KJV: Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

AKJV: Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;

ASV: Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

YLT: Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:2

Greek

καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ⸀ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ⸀ἡμῶν προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας.

kai peripateite en agape, kathos kai o Christos egapesen emas kai paredoken eayton yper emon prosphoran kai thysian to theo eis osmen eyodias.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell.

ASV: 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 odor of a sweet smell.

YLT: 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,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:3

Greek

Πορνεία δὲ καὶ ⸂ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα⸃ ἢ πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν, καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις,

Porneia de kai akatharsia pasa e pleonexia mede onomazestho en ymin, kathos prepei agiois,

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

AKJV: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints;

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

YLT: and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:4

Greek

καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία, ⸂ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν⸃, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία.

kai aischrotes kai morologia e eytrapelia, a oyk aneken, alla mallon eycharistia.

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

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

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

YLT: also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, --the things not fit--but rather thanksgiving;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:5

Greek

τοῦτο γὰρ ⸀ἴστε γινώσκοντες ὅτι πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης, ⸀ὅ ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης, οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ.

toyto gar iste ginoskontes oti pas pornos e akathartos e pleonektes, o estin eidololatres, oyk echei kleronomian en te basileia toy Christoy kai theoy.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Ephesians 5:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:6

Greek

Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας.

Medeis ymas apatato kenois logois, dia tayta gar erchetai e orge toy theoy epi toys yioys tes apeitheias.

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

AKJV: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience.

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

YLT: Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:7

Greek

μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν·

me oyn ginesthe symmetochoi ayton·

KJV: Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

AKJV: Be not you therefore partakers with them.

ASV: Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

YLT: become not, then, partakers with them,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be not ye therefore partakers with them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:8

Greek

ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ· ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε,

ete gar pote skotos, nyn de phos en kyrio· os tekna photos peripateite,

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

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

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

YLT: for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:9

Greek

ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ ⸀φωτὸς ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ,

o gar karpos toy photos en pase agathosyne kai dikaiosyne kai aletheia,

KJV: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

AKJV: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

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

YLT: for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:10

Greek

δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ κυρίῳ·

dokimazontes ti estin eyareston to kyrio·

KJV: Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

AKJV: Proving what is acceptable to the Lord.

ASV: proving what is well-pleasing unto the Lord;

YLT: proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:11

Greek

καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε,

kai me sygkoinoneite tois ergois tois akarpois toy skotoys, mallon de kai elegchete,

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

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

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

YLT: and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:12

Greek

τὰ γὰρ κρυφῇ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν·

ta gar kryphe ginomena yp ayton aischron estin kai legein·

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

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

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

YLT: for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:13

Greek

τὰ δὲ πάντα ἐλεγχόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται,

ta de panta elegchomena ypo toy photos phaneroytai,

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

AKJV: But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatever does make manifest is light.

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

YLT: and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:14

Greek

πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. διὸ λέγει· Ἔγειρε, ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.

pan gar to phaneroymenon phos estin. dio legei· Egeire, o katheydon, kai anasta ek ton nekron, kai epiphaysei soi o Christos.

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

AKJV: Why he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.

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

YLT: wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'

Exposition: Ephesians 5:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:15

Greek

Βλέπετε οὖν ⸂ἀκριβῶς πῶς⸃ περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλʼ ὡς σοφοί,

Blepete oyn akribos pos peripateite, me os asophoi all os sophoi,

KJV: See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

AKJV: See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

ASV: Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

YLT: See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:16

Greek

ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν.

exagorazomenoi ton kairon, oti ai emerai ponerai eisin.

KJV: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

AKJV: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

ASV: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

YLT: redeeming the time, because the days are evil;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:17

Greek

διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ ⸀συνίετε τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ κυρίου·

dia toyto me ginesthe aphrones, alla syniete ti to thelema toy kyrioy·

KJV: Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

AKJV: Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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

YLT: because of this become not fools, but--understanding what is the will of the Lord,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:18

Greek

καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία, ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι,

kai me methyskesthe oino, en o estin asotia, alla pleroysthe en pneymati,

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

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

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

YLT: and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:19

Greek

λαλοῦντες ⸀ἑαυτοῖς ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ⸀ψάλλοντες τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν τῷ κυρίῳ,

laloyntes eaytois psalmois kai ymnois kai odais pneymatikais, adontes kai psallontes te kardia ymon to kyrio,

KJV: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

AKJV: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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

YLT: speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:20

Greek

εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί,

eycharistoyntes pantote yper panton en onomati toy kyrioy emon Iesoy Christoy to theo kai patri,

KJV: Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

AKJV: Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

YLT: giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:21

Greek

ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Χριστοῦ.

ypotassomenoi allelois en phobo Christoy.

KJV: Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

AKJV: Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

ASV: subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

YLT: subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

Exposition: Ephesians 5:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:22

Greek

Αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις ⸀ἀνδράσιν ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ,

Ai gynaikes tois idiois andrasin os to kyrio,

KJV: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

AKJV: Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

ASV: Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

YLT: The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:23

Greek

ὅτι ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς κεφαλὴ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ⸀αὐτὸς σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος.

oti aner estin kephale tes gynaikos os kai o Christos kephale tes ekklesias, aytos soter toy somatos.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body.

ASV: 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.

YLT: because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:24

Greek

ἀλλὰ ⸀ὡς ἡ ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ Χριστῷ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες ⸀τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί.

alla os e ekklesia ypotassetai to Christo, oytos kai ai gynaikes tois andrasin en panti.

KJV: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

AKJV: Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

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

YLT: but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also are the wives to their own husbands in everything.

Exposition: Ephesians 5:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:25

Greek

Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς ⸀γυναῖκας, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς,

Oi andres, agapate tas gynaikas, kathos kai o Christos egapesen ten ekklesian kai eayton paredoken yper aytes,

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

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

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

YLT: The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:26

Greek

ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,

ina ayten agiase katharisas to loytro toy ydatos en remati,

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

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

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

YLT: that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:27

Greek

ἵνα παραστήσῃ ⸀αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος.

ina parastese aytos eayto endoxon ten ekklesian, me echoysan spilon e rytida e ti ton toioyton, all ina e agia kai amomos.

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: 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.

YLT: 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;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:28

Greek

οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν ⸀καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ,

oytos opheiloysin kai oi andres agapan tas eayton gynaikas os ta eayton somata· o agapon ten eaytoy gynaika eayton agapa,

KJV: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

AKJV: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself.

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

YLT: so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife--himself he doth love;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:29

Greek

οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ⸀Χριστὸς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν,

oydeis gar pote ten eaytoy sarka emisesen, alla ektrephei kai thalpei ayten, kathos kai o Christos ten ekklesian,

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

AKJV: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church:

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

YLT: for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord--the assembly,

Exposition: Ephesians 5:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:30

Greek

ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος ⸀αὐτοῦ.

oti mele esmen toy somatos aytoy.

KJV: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

AKJV: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

ASV: because we are members of his body.

YLT: because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:31

Greek

ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος ⸀τὸν ⸀πατέρα καὶ ⸀τὴν μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται ⸂τῇ γυναικὶ⸃ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.

anti toytoy kataleipsei anthropos ton patera kai ten metera kai proskollethesetai te gynaiki aytoy, kai esontai oi dyo eis sarka mian.

KJV: 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.

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

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

YLT: `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;'

Exposition: Ephesians 5:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:32

Greek

τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν.

to mysterion toyto mega estin, ego de lego eis Christon kai eis ten ekklesian.

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

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

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

YLT: this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;

Exposition: Ephesians 5:32 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Ephesians 5:33

Greek

πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθʼ ἕνα ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.

plen kai ymeis oi kath ena ekastos ten eaytoy gynaika oytos agapato os eayton, e de gyne ina phobetai ton andra.

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

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

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

YLT: 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.

Exposition: Ephesians 5:33 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Koine Greek Grammar: A close Koine Greek reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.