Ephesians 5
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones; |
| 2 | and walke ye in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and yaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse. |
| 3 | And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men; |
| 4 | ethir filthe, or foli speche, or harlatrye, that perteyneth not to profit, but more doyng of thankyngis. |
| 5 | For wite ye this, and vndurstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the kingdom of Crist and of God. |
| 6 | No man disseyue you bi veyn wordis; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue. |
| 7 | Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem. |
| 8 | For ye weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ye ben liyt in the Lord. Walke ye as the sones of liyt. |
| 9 | For the fruyt of liyt is in al goodnesse, and riytwisnesse, and treuthe. |
| 10 | And preue ye what `thing is wel plesynge to God. |
| 11 | And nyle ye comyne to vnfruytouse werkis of derknessis; but more repreue ye. |
| 12 | For what thingis ben don of hem in priuy, it is foule, yhe, to speke. |
| 13 | And alle thingis that ben repreuyd of the liyt, ben opynli schewid; for al thing that is schewid, is liyt. |
| 14 | For which thing he seith, Rise thou that slepist, and rise vp fro deth, and Crist schal liytne thee. |
| 15 | Therfor, britheren, se ye, hou warli ye schulen go; |
| 16 | not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele. |
| 17 | Therfor nyle ye be maad vnwise, but vndurstondynge which is the wille of God. |
| 18 | And nyle ye be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ye fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ye to you silf in salmes, |
| 19 | and ymnes, and spiritual songis, syngynge and seiynge salm in youre hertis to the Lord; |
| 20 | euermore doynge thankingis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and to the fadir. |
| 21 | Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist. |
| 22 | Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis, |
| 23 | as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi. |
| 24 | But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis. |
| 25 | Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi; |
| 26 | and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf, |
| 27 | to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid. |
| 28 | So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf; |
| 29 | for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche. |
| 30 | And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys. |
| 31 | For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. |
| 32 | This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche. |
| 33 | Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde. |