5:1 Estote ergo imitatores Dei, sicut filii carissimi,
5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children:
5:2 et ambulate in dilectione, sicut et Christus dilexit nos, et tradidit semetipsum pro nobis, oblationem et hostiam Deo in odorem suavitatis.
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.
5:3 Fornicatio autem, et omnis immunditia, aut avaritia, nec nominetur in vobis, sicut decet sanctos :
5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:
5:4 aut turpitudo, aut stultiloquium, aut scurrilitas, quæ ad rem non pertinet : sed magis gratiarum actio.
5:4 Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 Hoc enim scitote intelligentes : quod omnis fornicator, aut immundus, aut avarus, quod est idolorum servitus, non habet hæreditatem in regno Christi et Dei.
5:5 For know you this and understand: That no fornicator or unclean or covetous person (which is a serving of idols) hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Nemo vos seducat inanibus verbis : propter hæc enim venit ira Dei in filios diffidentiæ.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief.
5:7 Nolite ergo effici participes eorum.
5:7 Be ye not therefore partakers with them.
5:8 Eratis enim aliquando tenebræ : nunc autem lux in Domino. Ut filii lucis ambulate :
5:8 For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light.
5:9 fructus enim lucis est in omni bonitate, et justitia, et veritate :
5:9 For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth:
5:10 probantes quid sit beneplacitum Deo :
5:10 Proving what is well pleasing to God.
5:11 et nolite communicare operibus infructuosis tenebrarum, magis autem redarguite.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them.
5:12 Quæ enim in occulto fiunt ab ipsis, turpe est et dicere.
5:12 For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of.
5:13 Omnia autem, quæ arguuntur, a lumine manifestantur : omne enim, quod manifestatur, lumen est.
5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for all that is made manifest is light.
5:14 Propter quod dicit : Surge qui dormis, et exsurge a mortuis, et illuminabit te Christus.
5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.
5:15 Videte itaque, fratres, quomodo caute ambuletis : non quasi insipientes,
5:15 See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,
5:16 sed ut sapientes : redimentes tempus, quoniam dies mali sunt.
5:16 But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Propterea nolite fieri imprudentes, sed intelligentes quæ sit voluntas Dei.
5:17 Wherefore, become not unwise: but understanding what is the will of God.
5:18 Et nolite inebriari vino, in quo est luxuria, sed implemini Spiritu Sancto,
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,
5:19 loquentes vobismetipsis in psalmis, et hymnis, et canticis spiritualibus, cantantes et psallentes in cordibus vestris Domino,
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord:
5:20 gratias agentes semper pro omnibus in nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi Deo et Patri,
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:
5:21 subjecti invicem in timore Christi.
5:21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.
5:22 Mulieres viris suis subditæ sint, sicut Domino :
5:22 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
5:23 quoniam vir caput est mulieris, sicut Christus caput est Ecclesiæ : ipse, salvator corporis ejus.
5:23 Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body.
5:24 Sed sicut Ecclesia subjecta est Christo, ita et mulieres viris suis in omnibus.
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.
5:25 Viri, diligite uxores vestras, sicut et Christus dilexit Ecclesiam, et seipsum tradidit pro ea,
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it:
5:26 ut illam sanctificaret, mundans lavacro aquæ in verbo vitæ,
5:26 That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life:
5:27 ut exhiberet ipse sibi gloriosam Ecclesiam, non habentem maculam, aut rugam, aut aliquid hujusmodi, sed ut sit sancta et immaculata.
5:27 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.
5:28 Ita et viri debent diligere uxores suas ut corpora sua. Qui suam uxorem diligit, seipsum diligit.
5:28 So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
5:29 Nemo enim umquam carnem suam odio habuit : sed nutrit et fovet eam, sicut et Christus Ecclesiam :
5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church:
5:30 quia membra sumus corporis ejus, de carne ejus et de ossibus ejus.
5:30 Because we are members of him, body, of his flesh and of his bones.
5:31 Propter hoc relinquet homo patrem et matrem suam, et adhærebit uxori suæ, et erunt duo in carne una.
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother: and shall cleave to his wife. And they shall be two in one flesh.
5:32 Sacramentum hoc magnum est, ego autem dico in Christo et in Ecclesia.
5:32 This is a great sacrament: but I speak in Christ and in the church.
5:33 Verumtamen et vos singuli, unusquisque uxorem suam sicut seipsum diligat : uxor autem timeat virum suum.
5:33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband.