Outline
Greetings (1:1-2)The Divine Purpose: The Glory and Headship of Christ (1:3-14)Prayer That Christians May Realize God's Purpose and Power (1:15-23)Steps Toward the Fulfillment of God's Purpose (chs. 2-3)- Practical Ways to Fulfill God's Purpose in the Church (4:1;6:20)
- Conclusion, Final Greetings and Benediction (6:21-24)
Ephesians 5 NLT
21 And further, submit to one another out
of reverence for Christ.
22 For wives, this means submit to your
husbands as to the Lord.
23 For a husband is the head of his wife
as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the
church.
24 As the church submits to Christ, so you
wives should submit to your husbands in everything.
25 For husbands, this means love your
wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
26 to make her holy and clean, washed by
the cleansing of God’s word.
27 He did this to present her to himself
as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead,
she will be holy and without fault.
28In the same way, husbands ought to love
their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually
shows love for himself.
29 No one hates his own body but feeds
and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
30And we are members of his body.
31 As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves
his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into
one.”
32 This is a great mystery, but it is an
illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.
33 So again I say,
each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her
husband.
Ephesians 6 NLT
1 Children, obey your parents because
you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
2 “Honor your father and mother.” This
is the first commandment with a promise:
3 If you honor your father and mother,
“things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the
earth.”
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children
to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline
and instruction that comes from the Lord.
5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters
with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve
Christ.
6 Try to please them all the time, not
just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with
all your heart.
7 Work with enthusiasm, as though you
were working for the Lord rather than for people.
8 Remember that the Lord will reward
each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.
9 Masters, treat your slaves in the
same way. Don’t threaten them; remember, you both have the same Master in
heaven, and he has no favorites.
