Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5

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Ephesians 5 . 1 , After general exhortations to love; Ephesians 5 . 3 , to flee fornication; Ephesians 5 . 4 , and all uncleanness; Ephesians 5 . 7 , not to con#### Verse with the wicked; Ephesians 5 . 15 , to walk warily; Ephesians 5 . 18 , and to be filled with the Spirit; Ephesians 5 . 22 , he descends to the particular duties , how wives ought to obey their husbands; Ephesians 5 . 25 , and husbands ought to love their wives , Ephesians 5 . 32. even as Christ does his church.

Ephesians 5:1

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Ephesians 5:1 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Ephesians 5:2 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:3

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Ephesians 5:3 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:4

Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:4 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:5

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:5 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:6 · BSB

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or , unbelief

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Ephesians 5:7

Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:7 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:8

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Ephesians 5:8 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:9

for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Ephesians 5:9 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:10

Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:10 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:11

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Ephesians 5:11 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Ephesians 5:12 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:13

But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

Ephesians 5:13 · BSB

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or , discovered

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Ephesians 5:14

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:15

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Ephesians 5:15 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:16

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:17

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

Ephesians 5:17 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:18

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:19

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:19 · BSB

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Psalm , רבכלןי [Strong's G5568] , from רבככש [Strong's G5567] , to touch or play on a musical instrument , properly denotes such sacred songs or poems as are sung to stringed instruments , and may here refer to those of David; hymns , ץלםןי [Strong's G5215] , from ץהש , to sing , celebrate , praise , signifies songs in honour of God; and songs שהבי [Strong's G5603] , from בויהש , to sing , denotes any regular poetic composition adapted to singing , and is here restricted to those which are spiritual

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Ephesians 5:20

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

Ephesians 5:20 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:21

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:21 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:22 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Ephesians 5:23 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:24

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

Ephesians 5:24 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:25

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

Ephesians 5:25 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:26 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:27

and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:27 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:28

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

Ephesians 5:28 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:29

Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Ephesians 5:29 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:30

For we are members of His body.

Ephesians 5:30 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:31 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:32

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:32 · BSB

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Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Ephesians 5:33 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web32 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Ephesians 5:31-32 → Genesis 2:24
Allusions Ephesians 5:14 → Isaiah 60:1, Ephesians 5:18 → Proverbs 23:31, Ephesians 5:2 → Exodus 29:18, Ephesians 5:2 → Genesis 8:21, Ephesians 5:2 → Leviticus 1:9
Echoes Ephesians 5:25-32 → Psalms 45:6-7, Ephesians 5:26 → Ezekiel 16:9
Trajectories
Aaron (The Great High Priest), Anointing Oil (Holy Spirit), Brazen Altar (Place of Sacrifice), Brazen Laver (Cleansing for Service), Burnt Offering (Christ's Total Consecration), Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement), Consecration of Priests (Set Apart for Service), Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Feast of Trumpets (The Final Call), Glory-Cloud (Divine Presence), Marriage (Christ and His Bride), Meat-Offering (Tribute and Thanksgiving), New Creation (Cosmic Redemption), New Jerusalem (Ultimate Temple-City), Pleasing Aroma (Divine Acceptance and Propitiation), Priestly Ministrations (Service and Sacrifice), Purifications (Cleansing and Consecration), Rebekah (Bride Sought for the Son), Sacrificial System (Christ Our Sacrifice), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
Longitudinal Themes
Marriage and Bride
Chiasms
Shaped Ephesians 04:17–05:02, Ephesians 05:22–33, Ephesians 05:3–21
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