B e ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
2 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.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 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.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 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.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 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.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 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.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
1 Enti, monyɛ Onyankopɔn akyidifoɔ sɛ mma adɔfoɔ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Na monnantew ɔdɔ mu, sɛnea Kristo nso adɔ yɛn, na wadema ne ho sɛ afɔrebɔ ne afɔre ama Onyankopɔn sɛ hua a ɛyɛ dɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Nanso adwamammɔ, ne efi nyinaa, anaa adifudepɛ, mmma wɔmmbɔ ne din koraa wɔ mo mu, sɛnea ɛfata ahotefoɔ; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Anaa efi, anaa nkwaseasɛm, anaa fɛwdie, a ɛmfata: na mmom aseda. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Efisɛ eyi monim, sɛ odwamammɔni biara, anaa efi ho onipa, anaa anibere ni, a ɔyɛ abosonsomfoɔ, onni agyapadeɛ biara wɔ Kristo ne Onyankopɔn ahennie mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Mma obiara mmfa nsɛmhunu nndaadaa mo: efisɛ saa nneɛma yi enti na Onyankopɔn abufuo ba asoɔdenfoɔ so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Enti, monnyɛ wɔn mu akafoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Efisɛ bere bi na moyɛ sum, nanso seesei moyɛ hann wɔ Awurade mu: monnantew sɛ hann mma: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 (Efisɛ Honhom no aba wɔ papayɛ nyinaa ne atenenee ne nokorɛ mu;) Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Mosɔ hwɛ nea ɛsɔ Awurade ani. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Na monnya ayɔnkoyɛ wɔ sum nnwuma a aba nni mu no mu, na mmom monka ho nsɛm nkyerɛ wɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Efisɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ wɔ kokoam mu no, ɛyɛ animguase sɛ wɔka mpo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Nanso nneɛma nyinaa a wɔka ho nsɛm kyerɛ no da adi ɛnam hann so: efisɛ biribiara a ɛda adi no yɛ hann. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Enti ɔseɛ sɛ, Sɔre, wo a woada, na fa firi awufoɔ mu na Kristo bɛma wo hann. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Enti monhwɛ yie sɛ monantew, ɛnyɛ sɛ nkwaseafoɔ, na mmom sɛ anyansafoɔ, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Moyi bere no kɔsiesie, efisɛ nna no yɛ bɔne. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Enti monnyɛ nkwaseafoɔ, na mmom monte Awurade apɛdeɛ ase. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Na monnom bobesa mmuo, nea ɛwɔ ahohwi mu; na mmom ma Honhom nhyɛ mo ma; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Na mo ne mo ho mo ho nkasa wɔ nnwom ne ayɛyi dwom ne honhom mu dwom mu, monto dwom na monto nnwonkorɔ wɔ mo akoma mu mma Awurade; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Na monna ase daa wɔ nneɛma nyinaa ho mma Onyankopɔn ne Agya wɔ yɛn Awurade Yesu Kristo din mu; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Mommrɛ mo ho mo ho ase wɔ Onyankopɔn suro mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Yerenom, mommrɛ mo ho ase ma mo ankasa mo kununom, sɛ wɔyɛ Awurade. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Efisɛ okunu ne yere tire, sɛnea Kristo nso yɛ asɔrekuw tire, na ɔno na ɔyɛ honam no Ɔgyefoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Enti sɛnea asɔrekuw hyɛ Kristo ase no, saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ yerenom hyɛ wɔn ankasa wɔn kununom ase wɔ biribiara mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Okunufoɔ, monndɔ mo yerenom, sɛnea Kristo nso ɔdɔɔ asɔrekuw no, na ɔde ne ho maa no; Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Sɛ ɔbɛdwira no, na wahohoro ne ho ɛnam nsuo ɔfɔ so wɔ asɛm no mu, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Sɛnea ɔde no bɛgyina hɔ ama ne ho sɛ asɔrekuw a ɛwɔ anuonyam, a ɔnni nkekaeɛ anaa mmɔbɔwa, anaa biribi a ɛte saa; na mmom sɛ ɔyɛ kronkron na ɔnni mmusuo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ mmarima dɔ wɔn yerenom sɛ wɔn ankasa wɔn honam. Nea ɔdɔ ne yere no, ɔdɔ ne ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Efisɛ obiara antan n'ankasa ne honam da; na mmom ɔhwɛ so, na ɔfɛre ho, sɛnea Awurade yɛ asɔrekuw no: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Efisɛ yɛyɛ ne honam no akwaa, firi ne honam ne ne nnompe mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Eyi enti na ɔbarima begya n'agya ne ne maame, na ɔne ne yere abom, na wɔn mmienu bɛyɛ honam baako. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Eyi yɛ ahintasɛm kɛse: na meka Kristo ne asɔrekuw ho asɛm. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 Nanso, momma mo mu biara nnɔ ne yere sɛnea ɔdɔ ne ho; na yere nso ɔnni ne kunu nie. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn