Ephesians 5

Ephesians 5:1: Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

followers = mimetes {mim-ay-tace’} from mimeomai {mim-eh’-om-ahee} middle voice from mimos (a “mimic”); to imitate:–follow.; an imitator:–follower.

1 Corinthians 4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

1 Corinthians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

Hebrews 6:12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

1 Peter 3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

Dear = agapetos {ag-ap-ay-tos’} from agapao {ag-ap-ah’-o} perhaps from agan (much); to love (in a
social or moral sense):–(be-)love(-ed). ; beloved:–(dearly, well) beloved, dear.

Children = teknon {tek’-non}; a child (as produced):–child, daughter, son.

Ephesians 5:2: 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.

walk = peripateo {per-ee-pat-eh’-o}; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):–go, be occupied with, walk (about).

See Ephesians 2:2

Love = agape {ag-ah’-pay} from agapao {ag-ap-ah’-o} (perhaps from agan (much); to love (in a social or moral sense):–(be-)love(-ed). ); love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a
love-feast:–(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.

See Ephesians 1:15

loved = agapao {ag-ap-ah’-o} perhaps from agan (much); to love (in a social or moral sense):–(be-)love(-ed).

given = paradidomi {par-ad-id’-o-mee}; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit:–betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.

Offering = prosphora {pros-for-ah’} from prosphero {pros-fer’-o} ; to bear towards, i.e. lead to, tender (especially to God), treat:–bring (to, unto), deal with, do, offer (unto, up), present unto, put to.; presentation; concretely, an oblation (bloodless) or sacrifice:–offering (up).

Hebrews 10:5: Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me;

Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:14: For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Sacrifice = thusia {thoo-See’-ah} from thuo {thoo’-o} a primary verb; properly, to rush (breathe hard, blow, smoke), i.e. (by implication) to sacrifice (properly, by fire, but genitive case); by extension to immolate (slaughter for any purpose):–kill, (do) sacrifice, slay.; sacrifice (the act or the victim, literally or figuratively):–sacrifice.

Hebrews 10:1: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Hebrews 10:3: But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.

Hebrews 10:5: Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Hebrews 10:6: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Hebrews 10:11: And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

Hebrews 10:12: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

sweetsmelling = euodia {yoo-o-dee’-ah} ; good-scentedness, i.e. fragrance:–sweet savour (smell, -smelling).

2 Corinthians 2:15: For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Philippians 4:18: But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

savour = osme {os-may’} from ozo {od’-zo} a primary verb (in a strengthened form); to scent (usually an ill”odor”): stink.; fragrance (literally or figuratively):–odour, savour.

Ephesians 5:3: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

fornication = porneia {por-ni’-ah} from porneuo {porn-yoo’-o} from porne {por’-nay} feminine of pornos {por’-nos} from pernemi (to sell; akin to the base of 4097); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine):–fornicator, whoremonger.; a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:–harlot, whore. ; to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practise idolatry:–commit (fornication).; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:–fornication.

Galatians 5:19-21 19: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21: Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past,

Colossians 3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

uncleanness = akatharsia {ak-ath-ar-See’-ah} from akathartos {ak-ath’-ar-tos}; impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially, (demonic)):–foul, unclean. ; impurity (the quality), physically or morally:–uncleanness.

Covetousness = pleonexia {pleh-on-ex-ee’-ah} from pleonektes {pleh-on-ek’-tace}; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):–covetous. ; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:–covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.

Named = onomazo {on-om-ad’-zo} from onoma {on’-om-ah} ; a “name” (literally or figuratively) (authority, character):–called, (+ sur-)name(-d).; to name, i.e. assign an appellation; by
extension, to utter, mention, profess:–call, name.

becometh = prepo {prep’-o}; to tower up (be conspicuous), i.e.(by implication) to be suitable or proper (third person singular present indicative, often used impersonally, it is fit or right):–become, comely.

Ephesians 5:4: Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Filthiness = aischrotes {ahee-skhrot’-ace} from aischros {ahee-skhros’} from rom aischos (disfigurement, i.e. disgrace); shameful, i.e. base (specially, venal):–filthy.; shamefulness, i.e. obscenity:–filthiness.

2 Corinthians 7:1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

James 1:21: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Foolish talking = morologia {mo-rol-og-ee’-ah} from a compound of moros {mo-ros’} ; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:–fool(-ish, X -ishness). and lego {leg’-o}; properly, to “lay” forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse); silly talk, i.e. buffoonery:–foolish talking.

Jesting = eutrapelia {yoo-trap-el-ee’-ah} from a compound (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose); witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry:–jesting.

Convenient = aneko {an-ay’-ko}; to attain to, i.e. (figuratively) be proper:– convenient, be fit.

Luke 9:62: And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Luke 14:35: It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Acts 22:22: And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

Colossians 3:18: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

giving of thanks = eucharistia {yoo-khar-is-tee’-ah} from eucharistos {yoo-khar’-is-tos}; well
favored, i.e. (by implication) grateful:–thankful. ; gratitude; actively, grateful
language (to God, as an act of worship):–thankfulness, (giving of) thanks(-giving).

Ephesians 5:5: 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.

Whoremonger = pornos {por’-nos} from pernemi (to sell); a (male) prostitute (as venal), i.e. (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine):–fornicator, whoremonger.

unclean person = akathartos {ak-ath’-ar-tos}; impure (ceremonially, morally (lewd) or specially,
(demonic)):–foul, unclean.

covetous man = pleonektes {pleh-on-ek’-tace}; holding (desiring) more, i.e. eager for gain (avaricious, hence a defrauder):–covetous.

idolater = eidololatres {i-do-lol-at’-race} from eidolon {i’-do-lon}; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such:–idol. ; an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively):–idolater.

Inheritance = kleronomia {klay-ron-om-ee’-ah} from kleronomos {klay-ron-om’-os} from kleros {klay’-ros} probably from (through the idea of using bits of wood, etc., for the purpose; a die (for drawing chances); by implication, a portion (as if so secured); by extension, an acquisition (especially a patrimony, figuratively):–heritage, inheritance, lot, part. and the base of (in its original sense of partitioning, i.e. (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. inheritor (literally or figuratively); by implication, a possessor:–heir.; heirship, i.e. (concretely) a patrimony or (genitive case) a possession:–inheritance.

kingdom = basileia {bas-il-i’-ah} from basileus {bas-il-yooce’} probably from 939 basis {bas’-ece} from baino (to walk); (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):–king.; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or
(concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively):–kingdom, + reign.

Ephesians 5:6: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

Deceive = apatao {ap-at-ah’-o} of uncertain derivation; to cheat, i.e. delude:–deceive.

vain = kenos {ken-os’} apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):–
empty, (in) vain.

Words = logos {log’-os} ; something said (including the thought); by
implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive;
by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression
(i.e. Christ):–account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to
do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing),
shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise,
utterance, word, work.

cometh = erchomai {er’-khom-ahee} middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo’-thom-ahee, or (active) eltho el’-tho, which do not otherwise occur) to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):–accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.

Wrath = orge {or-gay’} from oregomai {or-eg’-om-ahee} ; to stretch oneself, i.e. reach out after (long for):– covet after, desire. ; properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment:–anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.

Children = huios {hwee-os’}; a “son” (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship:–child, foal, son.

Disobedience = apeitheia {ap-i’-thi-ah} from apeithes {ap-i-thace’} ; unpersuadable, i.e. contumacious:–disobedient.; disbelief (obstinate and rebellious):–disobedience, unbelief.

Ephesians 5:7: Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

Partakers = summetochos {soom-met’-okh-os}; a co-participant:–partaker.

Ephesians 5:8: For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

darkness = skotos {skot’-os}; shadiness, i.e. obscurity (literally or figuratively):–darkness.

Light = phos {foce} from an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative):–fire, light.

Walk = see Ephesians 5:2

children = teknon {tek’-non}; a child (as produced):–child, daughter, son.

Light = same as above

Ephesians 5:9: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

fruit = karpos {kar-pos’}; fruit (as plucked), literally or figuratively:–fruit.

Galatians 5:22: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Philippians 1:11: Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God

Philippians 4:17: Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Colossians 1:6: Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

Hebrews 12:11: Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Hebrews 13:15: By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 3:18: And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

James 5:7: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

goodness = agathosune {ag-ath-o-soo’-nay} from agathos {ag-ath-os’} a primary word; “good” (in any sense, often as noun):–benefit, good(-s, things), well.; goodness, i.e. virtue or beneficence:–
goodness.

righteousness = dikaiosune {dik-ah-yos-oo’-nay} from dikaios {dik’-ah-yos from dike {dee’-kay}; right (as self-evident), i.e. justice (the principle, a decision, or its execution):–judgment, punish, vengeance. ; equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively):–just, meet, right(-eous). ; equity (of character or act); specially (Christian) justification:–righteousness.

Truth = aletheia {al-ay’-thi-a from alethes {al-ay-thace’} ((not concealing):–true, truly, truth.) ; truth:–true, X truly, truth, verity.
See Ephesians 1:13

Ephesians 5:10: Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Proving = dokimazo {dok-im-ad’-zo} from dokimos {dok’-ee-mos} from dokeo {dok-eh’-o} a prolonged form of a primary verb, doko dok’-o; to think; by implication, to Seem (truthfully or uncertainly):–be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, Seem (good), suppose, think, trow. ; properly, acceptable (current after assayal), i.e. approved:–approved, tried. ; to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve:–allow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-)prove, try.

2 Corinthians 13:5: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Galatians 6:4: But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

1 Thessalonians 5:21: Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Acceptable = euarestos {yoo-ar’-es-tos}; fully agreeable:–acceptable(-ted), wellpleasing.

Romans 12:1-2 1: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Philippians 4:18: But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

1 Timothy 2:3: For this (prayer for those in authority) is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

1 Peter 2:5: Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:20: For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Ephesians 5:11: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Fellowship = koinonia {koy-nohn-ee’-ah} from koinonos {koy-no-nos’} from koinos {koy-nos’}; common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane:–common, defiled, unclean, unholy. ; a sharer, i.e. associate:–companion, X fellowship, partaker, partner. ; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:–(to) communicate(-ation),
communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.

See Ephesians 2:9

unfruitful = akarpos {ak’-ar-pos}; barren (literally or figuratively):–without fruit, unfruitful.

Matthew 13:22: He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:19: And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

1 Corinthians 14:14: For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Ephesians 5:11: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Titus 3:14: And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

2 Peter 1:8: For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Works = ergon {er’-gon} from a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work); toil (as an effort or
occupation); by implication, an act:–deed, doing, labour, work.
See Ephesians 2:9

darkness = see Ephesians 5:8

reprove = elegcho {el-eng’-kho} of uncertain affinity; to confute, admonish:–convict,
convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.

John 3:20: For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

John 16:8: And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

2 Timothy 4:2: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Ephesians 5:12: For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

Shame = aischron {ahee-skhron’} neuter of aischros {ahee-skhros’} from aischos (disfigurement, i.e. disgrace); shameful, i.e. base (specially, venal):–filthy.; a shameful thing, i.e. indecorum:– shame.

1 Corinthians 11:6: For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.

1 Corinthians 14:35: And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Speak = lego {leg’-o} a primary verb; properly, to “lay” forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in
words (usually of systematic or set discourse); by implication, to mean:–ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.

Are Done = ginomai {ghin’-om-ahee} a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be (“gen”-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):–arise, be assembled, be(-come, – fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, Seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

Secret = kruphe {kroo-fay’} adverb from krupto {kroop’-to} a primary verb; to conceal (properly, by covering):–hide(self), keep secret, secret(-ly).; privately:–in secret.

Ephesians 5:13: But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

Reproved = See Ephesians 5:11

made manifest = phaneroo {fan-er-o’-o} from phaneros {fan-er-os’} from phaino {fah’-ee-no} prolongation for the base of 5457; to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative):– appear, Seem, be Seen, shine, X think. ; shining, i.e. apparent (literally or figuratively); neuter (as adverb) publicly, externally:–abroad, + appear, known, manifest, open (+ -ly),outward (+ -ly).; to render apparent (literally or figuratively):–appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self).

1 Corinthians 3:13: Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is

1 Corinthians 4:5: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

1 Corinthians 11:19: For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

2 Corinthians 4:10: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:11: For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Light = see Ephesians 5:8

make manifest = see above

Light = see Ephesians 5:8

Ephesians 5:14: Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Awake = egeiro {eg-i’-ro} (through the idea of collecting one’s faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):–awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.

Sleepest = katheudo {kath-yoo’-do} from kata and heudo (to sleep); to lie down to rest,
i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively):–(be a-)sleep.

1 Thessalonians 5:6-7,10 6: Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 10: Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Arise = anistemi {an-is’-tay-mee}; to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive):–arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right).

2 Peter 1:19: We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

dead = nekros {nek-ros’} from an apparently primary nekus (a corpse); dead (literally
or figuratively; also as noun):–dead.

See Ephesians 2:1

give light = epiphauo {ep-ee-fow’-o} a form of epiphaino {ep-ee-fah’-ee-no}; to shine upon, i.e. become (literally) visible or (figuratively) known:–appear, give light. ; to illuminate (figuratively):–give light.

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Ephesians 5:15: See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

see = blepo {blep’-o} a primary verb; to look at (literally or figuratively):–behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, See, sight, take heed.

Colossians 2:8: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

walk = peripateo {per-ee-pat-eh’-o}; to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary):–go, be occupied with, walk (about).

See Ephesians 2:2

circumspectly = akribos {ak-ree-boce’}; exactly:–circumspectly, diligently, perfect(-ly).

Matthew 2:8: And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have found [him], bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

Luke 1:3: It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Acts 18:25: This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
1 Thessalonians 5:2: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Fools = asophos {as’-of-os}; unwise:–fool.

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wise = sophos {sof-os’} akin to saphes (clear); wise (in a most general application):–wise.

1 Timothy 1:17: Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

2Tm:3:15: And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

James 3:13: Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Jude:1:25: To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 5:16: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Redeeming = exagorazo {ex-ag-or-ad’-zo}; to buy up, i.e. ransom; figuratively, to rescue from loss (improve opportunity):–redeem.

Galatians 3:13: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Galatians 4:5: To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

Colossians 4:5: Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

Time = kairos {kahee-ros’} of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. set or proper time:–X
always, opportunity, (convenient, due) season, (due, short, while) time, a while.

Day = hemera {hay-mer’-ah} feminine of a derivative of hemai (to sit) meaning tame, i.e. gentle; day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always
defined more or less clearly by the context):–age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Evil = poneros {pon-ay-ros’}; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:–bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness).

Matthew 5:11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Matthew 7:17-20 17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Ephesians 6:13: Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Hebrews 3:12: Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Hebrews 10:22: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Ephesians 5:17: Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Unwise = aphron {af’-rone}; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:–fool(-ish), unwise.

2 Corinthians 11:16: I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

2 Corinthians 11:19: For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

2 Corinthians 12:11: I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

1Pe:2:15: For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Understanding = suniemi {soon-ee’-ay-mee} from sun and hiemi (to send); to put together, i.e.
(mentally) to comprehend; by implication, to act piously:– consider, understand, be wise.

Matthew 13:13-15 13: Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14: And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:15: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Matthew 13:19: When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Matthew 13:23: But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Romans 3:11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

will = thelema {thel’-ay-mah} from thelo ({thel’-o} or ethelo eth-el’-o, in certain tenses theleo thel-eh’-o, and etheleo eth-el-eh’-o, which are otherwise obsolete by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in:–desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, – ling(-ly)).) a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:– desire, pleasure, will.

Romans 12:2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Ephesians 5:18: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

drunk = methusko {meth-oos’-ko} a prolonged (transitive) form of methuo {meth-oo’-o} from another form of methe {meth’-ay} apparently a primary word; an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication)
intoxication:–drunkenness.; to drink to intoxication, i.e. get drunk:–drink well, make (be) drunk(-en). ; to intoxicate:–be drunk(-en).

Luke 12:45: But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

1 Thessalonians 5:7: For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

wine = oinos {oy’-nos} a primary word (or perhaps of Hebrew origin); “wine” (literally or figuratively):–wine.

Luke 5:37-39 37: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 38: But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. 39: No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
excess

filled = pleroo {play-ro’-o} from pleres {play’-race} from pletho play’-tho, a prolonged form of a {primary} pleo pleh’-o (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated
form pimplemi) to “fill” (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time):–accomplish, full (…come), furnish.; replete, or covered over; by analogy, complete:–
full. ; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:– accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.

Spirit = pneuma {pnyoo’-mah} from pneo {pneh’-o} a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze:–blow. ; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:–ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Ephesians 5:19: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

speaking = laleo {lal-eh’-o} a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e.
utter words:–preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.

Psalms = psalmos {psal-mos’} from psallo {psal’-lo} probably strengthened from psao (to rub or touch the surface; to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes):–make melody, sing (psalms).; a set piece of music, i.e. a sacred ode (accompanied with the voice, harp or other instrument; a “psalm”); collectively, the book
of the Psalms:–psalm.

Colossians 3:16: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Literally a psalm is a poem written to be sung to the accompaniment of stringed instruments. It was a term that would have been especially familiar to the Jews. Psalms were the established music of God’s people, sung since the days of the Old Testament in the tabernacle and Temple. By the time of the New Testament the word psalm referred especially, though not exclusively, to the 150 psalms of the Psalter. Paul points us to psalms first, exhorting us to sing the words of Scripture and take them as our pattern. The psalms anticipated the coming of Christ and set a precedent for praising God through music.

Hymns = humnos {hoom’-nos} apparently from a simpler (obsolete) form of hudeo (to
celebrate); a “hymn” or religious ode (one of thePsalms):–hymn.

Hymn was a term that would have been especially familiar to the Gentiles. In the Greek and Roman empires leading up to the time of the New Testament, hymns were sung in praise of heroes and gods. People would celebrate the military victories of great generals and exalt the false gods of mythology in hymns. But as the gospel swept across the known world, the church transformed the hymn into a song in praise to the one true God. Its transformation astounded the Romans.

spiritual = pneumatikos {pnyoo-mat-ik-os’} from pneuma {pnyoo’-mah} from pneo {pneh’-o} a primary word; to breathe hard, i.e. breeze:–blow. ; a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:–ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.; non-carnal, i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religious:–spiritual.

songs = oide {o-day’} from aido {ad’-o} to sing:–sing.; a chant or “ode” (the general term for any words sung; while hymn denotes especially a religious metrical composition, and psalm still more
specially, a Hebrew cantillation):–song.

Paul concludes his list with spiritual songs. The term song is a generic term in Greek meaning all kinds of songs. Paul added the descriptive adjective spiritual to narrow its meaning. Not all music is composed for worship or should be used for worship. We are to sing music that is the result of the Spirit God working in hearts and cultures and peoples—music that is sanctified for (set apart for and intended for) God’s glory in corporate praise—music that helps us speak truth to one another, teaching, exhorting and encouraging one another.

Singing = aido {ad’-o} to sing:–sing.

Romans 15:9: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

1 Corinthians 14:15: What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

Hebrews 2:12: Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

making melody = psallo {psal’-lo} probably strengthened from psao (to rub or touch the surface; to twitch or twang, i.e. to play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine worship with music and accompanying odes):–make melody, sing (psalms).

Romans 15:9: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.

James 5:13: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

Heart = kardia {kar-dee’-ah} prolonged from a primary kar (Latin cor, “heart”); the heart,
i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle:–(+broken-)heart(-ed).

Matthew 6:21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Romans 10:9-10 9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.10: For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Hebrews 10:22: Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

1 John 3:20-21 20: For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21: Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

Ephesians 5:20: Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

giving thanks = eucharisteo {yoo-khar-is-teh’-o} from 2170 eucharistos {yoo-khar’-is-tos}; well
favored, i.e. (by implication) grateful:–thankful.; to be grateful, i.e. (actively) to express gratitude (towards); specially, to say grace at a meal:–(give) thank(-ful, -s).

things = pas {pas} including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all,
any, every, the whole:–all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever,
every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

Name = onoma {on’-om-ah}; a “name” (literally or figuratively) (authority, character):–called, (+ sur-)name(-d).

Philippians 2:9-10: Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

Ephesians 5:21: Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Submitting = hupotasso {hoop-ot-as’-so}; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey:–be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.

Colossians 3:18: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Hebrews 13:17: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

James 4:7: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 2:13: Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

1 Peter 5:5: Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Fear = phobos {fob’-os} from a primary phebomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright:– be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.

Ephesians 5:22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives = gune {goo-nay’} ; a woman; specially, a wife:– wife, woman.

submit see verse 21

husbands = aner {an’-ayr} ; a man (properly as an individual male):–fellow, husband, man, sir.

Ephesians 5:23: 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.

Husband = see verse 22

Head = kephale {kef-al-ay’} from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:–head.

church = ekklesia {ek-klay-See’-ah}; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both):–assembly, church.

Saviour = soter {so-tare’} from sozo {sode’-zo} from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, “safe”); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):–heal, preserve, save (self), do well,
be (make) whole. ; a deliverer, i.e. God or Christ:–saviour.

1 Timothy 4:10: For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

Titus 2:13: Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Titus 3:4: But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

2 Peter 1:1: Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

2 Peter 1:11: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:20: For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

body = soma {so’-mah} from sozo {sode’-zo} from a primary sos (contraction for obsolete saos, “safe”); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):–heal, preserve, save (self), do well,
be (make) whole.; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively:–bodily, body, slave.

Ephesians 5:24: Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

Church = see verse 23

subject = hupotasso {hoop-ot-as’-so}; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey:–be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.

wives = see verse 23

husbands = see verse 22

Ephesians 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

husbands = see verse 22

love = agapao {ag-ap-ah’-o} perhaps from agan (much); to love (in a social or moral sense):–(be-)love(-ed).

wives = see verse 23

loved = see love

church = see verse 23

gave = paradidomi {par-ad-id’-o-mee}; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit:–betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.

Ephesians 5:26: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

sanctify = hagiazo {hag-ee-ad’-zo} from hagios {hag’-ee-os} from hagos (an awful thing); sacred
(physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):–(most) holy (one, thing), saint. ; to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate:–hallow, be holy, sanctify.

Matthew 6:9 (Lk 11:2): After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name

John 17:17: Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

John 17:19: And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

Romans 15:16: That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 6:11: And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Thessalonians 5:23: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2Tm:2:21: If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

Hebrews 2:11: For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

Hebrews 10:10: By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 13:12: Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Re:22:11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

Cleanse = katharizo {kath-ar-id’-zo} from katharos {kath-ar-os’} of uncertain affinity; clean (literally or figuratively):–clean, clear, pure.; to cleanse (literally or figuratively):–(make) clean(-se), purge, purify.

2 Corinthians 7:1: Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Titus 2:14: Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Hebrews 9:23: It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

James 4:8: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

1 John 1:7: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Washing = loutron {loo-tron’} from louo {loo’-o} a primary verb; to bathe (the whole person):–wash. ; a bath, i.e. (figuratively), baptism:–washing.

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

water = hudor hoo’-dore, and genitive {case,} hudatos hoo’-dat-os, etc from a primary huo (to rain); water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively:–water.

word = rhema {hray’-mah} from rheo hreh’-o, for certain tenses of which a prolonged {form} ereo er-eh’- o is used; to utter, i.e. speak or say:–command, make, say, speak (of). ; an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:–+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.

Matthew 4:4: But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 12:36: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Matthew 18:16: But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

John:6:63: It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

John 6:68: Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

John 15:7: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

John 17:8: For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

Romans 10:8: But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Romans 10:17: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Romans 10:18: But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

2 Corinthians 13:1: This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

Ephesians 6:17: And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Hebrews 1:3: Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Hebrews 11:3: Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

1Pe:1:25: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

The term rhema is used here and not logos…therefore he is telling us that we are sanctified and cleansed as we speak God’s word, not as we read God’s written word.

Ephesians 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.

Present = paristemi par-is’-tay-mee, or {prolonged} paristano par-is-tan’-; to stand beside, i.e. (transitively) to exhibit, proffer, (specially), recommend, (figuratively) substantiate; or (intransitively) to be at hand (or ready), aid:–assist, bring before, command, commend, give presently, present, prove, provide, shew, stand (before, by, here, up, with), yield.

Glorious = endoxos {en’-dox-os}; in glory, i.e. splendid, (figuratively) noble:–glorious, gorgeous(-ly), honourable.

Luke 7:25: But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

Luke 13:17: And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

church = see verse 23

having = echo ekh’-o, including an alternate {form}scheo skheh’-o; (used in certain tenses only a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition):–be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ – not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, +
rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.

spot = spilos {spee’-los} of uncertain derivation; a stain or blemish, i.e. (figuratively) defect, disgrace:–spot.

2 Peter 2:13: And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

wrinkle = rhutis {hroo-tece’} from rhoumai {rhoo’-om-ahee} middle voice of an obsolete verb, ; to rush or draw (for oneself), i.e. rescue:- -deliver(-er). ; a fold (as drawing together), i.e. a wrinkle
(especially on the face):–wrinkle.

Only here

holy = hagios {hag’-ee-os} from hagos (an awful thing) ; sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated):–(most) holy (one, thing), saint.

without blame = amomos {am’-o-mos}; unblemished (literally or figuratively):–without blame (blemish, fault, spot), faultless, unblamable.

See Ephesians 1:4

Ephesians 5:28: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Men = see husband in verse 23

love = see Ephesians 5:25

wives = See Ephesians 5:22

bodies = See Ephesians 5:23

loveth = see Ephesians 5:25

wife = See Ephesians 5:22

loveth = see Ephesians 5:25

Ephesians 5:29: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

hated = miseo {mis-eh’-o} from a primary misos (hatred); to detest (especially to persecute); by extension, to love less:–hate(-ful).

flesh = sarx {sarx}; flesh (as stripped of the skin), i.e. (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food), or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit), or as the symbol of what is external, or as the means of kindred), or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions), or (specially), a human being (as such):–carnal(-ly, + -ly minded), flesh(-ly).

See Ephesians 2:3

nourisheth = ektrepho {ek-tref’-o} ; to rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train:–bring up, nourish.

Only here and in Ephesians 6:4 : And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Cherisheth = thalpo {thal’-po} probably akin to thallo (to warm); to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to
foster:–cherish.

1 Thessalonians 2:7: But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:

church = See 5:24

Ephesians 5:30: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Members = melos {mel’-os} of uncertain affinity; a limb or part of the body:–member.
See Ephesians 4:25

body = See Ephesians 5:23

flesh = See Ephesians 5:29

bones = osteon os-teh’-on, or {contracted} ostoun os-toon of uncertain affinity; a bone:–bone.

Ephesians 5:31: 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.

Man = anthropos {anth’-ro-pos} from aner {an’-ayr};( a man (properly as an individual
male):–fellow, husband, man, sir. ) and ops (the countenance); man-faced, i.e. a human being:–certain, man.

Leave = kataleipo {kat-al-i’-po}; to leave down, i.e. behind; by implication, to abandon, have remaining:–forsake, leave, reserve.

Matthew 19:5: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Mark 10:7: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Hebrews 11:27: By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

2 Peter 2:15: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

be joined = proskollao {pros-kol-lah’-o}; to glue to, i.e. (figuratively) to adhere:–cleave, join (self).

Matthew 19:5: And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Mark 10:7: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

flesh = see Ephesians 5:29

Ephesians 5:32: This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Great = megas {meg’-as} (including the prolonged forms, feminine megale, plural megaloi, etc.); big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):–(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore

Mystery = musterion {moos-tay’-ree-on} from a derivative of muo (to shut the mouth); a
secret or “mystery” (through the idea of silence imposed by initiation into religious rites):–mystery.

Speak = see Ephesians 5:2

church = see 5:24

Ephesians 5:33: Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Let love = see Ephesians 5:2

particular = according to

wife = see Ephesians 5:23

reverence = phobeo {fob-eh’-o} from phobos {fob’-os} from a primary phebomai (to be put in fear); alarm or fright:–be afraid, + exceedingly, fear, terror.; to frighten, i.e. (passively) to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. revere:–be (+ sore) afraid, fear (exceedingly), reverence.

Husband = see Ephesians 5:22