1 Siis võtke nüüd Jumal enestele eeskujuks nagu armsad lapsed
2 ja käige armastuses, nõnda nagu ka Kristus meid on armastanud ja on Iseenese andnud meie eest anniks ja ohvriks, Jumalale magusaks lõhnaks.
3 Aga hoorus ja kõik roppus või ahnus olgu nimetamata teie seas, nõnda nagu sünnis on pühadele,
4 ja riivatus ja rumalad sõnad või tühised naljad, mis kõik ei sobi, vaid pigemini olgu tänu.
5 Sest seda te teate tunnetades, et mitte ühelgi hoorajal ega ropul ega ahnel, kuna ta on ebajumala ori, ei ole pärandit Kristuse ja Jumala riigis.
6 Ükski ärgu petku teid tühjade sõnadega, sest niisuguste asjade pärast tuleb Jumala viha sõnakuulmatute laste peale;
7 ärge siis saage nende kaaslasteks!
8 Sest te olite varemalt pimedus, aga nüüd te olete valgus Issandas. Käige nagu valguse lapsed —
9 sest valguse vili on kõiksugune headus ja õigus ja tõde —
10 ja katsuge, mis on Issandale meelepärane!
11 Ärgu teil olgu tegemist pimeduse viljatute tegudega, vaid mõistke need pigemini hukka!
12 Sest mis kõik seal salajas nende kaudu sünnib, on häbi öeldagi.
13 Aga kõik saab avalikuks, kui valgus seda paljastab; sest kõik, mis tuleb ilmsiks, on valgus.
14 Sellepärast Ta ütleb: „Ärka üles, kes magad, ja tõuse üles surnuist, siis Kristus valgustab sind!"
15 Siis vaadake hästi, kuidas te elate, mitte kui rumalad, vaid kui targad,
16 pidades aega kalliks, sest päevad on kurjad!
17 Seepärast ärge olge rumalad, vaid mõistke, mis on Issanda tahtmine.
18 Ärge joovastuge viinast, kust tuleb õnnetu elu, vaid saage täis Vaimu,
19 rääkides isekeskis psalmide ja kiituseviiside ja vaimulike lauludega, lauldes ja mängides kannelt Issandale oma südames,
20 kõige eest alatasa tänades Jumalat ja Isa meie Issanda Jeesuse Kristuse nimel.
21 Ja olge allaheitlikud üksteisele Kristuse kartuses.
22 Naised, olge allaheitlikud oma meestele, otsekui Issandale!
23 Sest mees on naise pea, nõnda nagu ka Kristus on Koguduse pea, Tema on ihu Õnnistegija.
24 Aga nõnda nagu Kogudus on allaheitlik Kristusele, nõnda olgu ka naised oma meestele kõigis asjus.
25 Mehed, armastage oma naisi, nõnda nagu ka Kristus on armastanud Kogudust ja on andnud Iseenese tema eest,
26 et teda pühitseda, pestes puhtaks veepesemisega sõna sees,
27 ja seada Enese ette Kogudus austatuna, nii et tal ei oleks laiku ega kortsu ega muud sellesarnast, vaid et ta oleks püha ja laitmatu.
28 Nõnda peavad mehedki omi naisi armastama nagu iseenese ihu. Kes oma naist armastab, armastab iseennast.
29 Sest ükski ei ole iialgi vihanud iseenese liha, vaid igaüks toidab ja hoiab seda, nõnda nagu ka Issand Kogudust.
30 Sest meie oleme Tema Ihu liikmed.
31 „Seepärast inimene jätab maha oma isa ja ema ning hoiab oma naise poole, ja need kaks on üks liha!"
32 See saladus on suur; aga mina räägin Kristusest ja Kogudusest.
33 Olgu nüüd kuidas on, aga teiegi igaüks omaette armastage oma naist nagu iseennast; aga naine kartku meest.
1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;
2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
5 Being certain of this, that no man who gives way to the passions of the flesh, no unclean person, or one who has desire for the property of others, or who gives worship to images, has any heritage in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.
7 Have no part with such men;
8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
9 (Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
10 Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
11 And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.
17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.
18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
19 Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
21 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.
25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
27 And might take it for himself, a church full of glory, not having one mark or fold or any such thing; but that it might be holy and complete.
28 Even so it is right for husbands to have love for their wives as for their bodies. He who has love for his wife has love for himself:
29 For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;
30 Because we are parts of his body.
31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.
33 But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.