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Magkinabuhi Isip Anaa sa Kahayag

Tungod kay kamo mga hinigugma nga anak sa Dios, sundoga ninyo siya. Kinahanglan makita kanunay sa inyong kinabuhi nga gihigugma ninyo ang uban sama sa paghigugma ni Cristo kanato. Kay gihatag pa gani niya ang iyang kinabuhi alang kanato isip mahumot nga halad ngadto sa Dios.

Tungod kay mga katawhan na kamo sa Dios, dili maayong paminawon nga hisgotan kamo nga nagbuhat sa mga malaw-ay sama sa pagpakighilawas gawas sa kaminyoon o pagkahakog. Ug dili na maayong paminawon nga magsulti kamo sa mga binastos, o magsulti sa walay pulos nga mga estorya ug malaw-ay nga komedya. Hinuon, magsulti kita ug mga pagpasalamat sa Dios. Timan-i gayod ninyo nga dili makasulod sa gingharian ni Cristo ug sa Dios ang mga tawo nga nagapakighilawas gawas sa kaminyoon, ang mga tawo nga mahugaw ug binuhatan, ug ang mga hakog. (Kay ang kahakog usa man ka pamaagi sa pagsimba sa mga dios-dios.)[a] Tungod niini nga mga binuhatan sa mga tawo, silotan sila sa Dios kay wala sila nagatuman kaniya. Busa ayaw kamo patunto sa uban nga nagaingon nga kanang mga butanga dili daotan. Ayaw usab kamo pakig-uban niining mga tawhana. Kaniadto ang inyong hunahuna anaa pa sa kangitngit, apan karon tungod kay anaa na kamo sa Ginoo, anaa na kamo sa kahayag. Busa ipakita ninyo sa inyong pagkinabuhi nga kamo anaa na sa kahayag. (Kay kon ang tawo anaa na sa kahayag, masayran mo tungod kay ang iyang binuhatan maayo, matarong, ug gisunod niya ang kamatuoran.) 10 Tinguhaa nga masayran ninyo kon unsa ang makapalipay sa Ginoo. 11 Ayaw kamo pag-apil-apil sa mga binuhatan nga walay pulos nga gibuhat niadtong anaa sa kangitngit. Hinuon, ipakita ninyo kanila nga daotan ang ilang gibuhat. 12 (Makauulaw bisan gani ang paghisgot sa ilang mga gibuhat sa tago.) 13 Kon pasabton ninyo sila sa ilang mga gibuhat, masayran nila nga sayop sila. 14 Kay mahayagan ang tanan kon madan-agan na sa kamatuoran. Busa may gi-ingon:

“Pagmata, ikaw nga natulog,
bangon gikan sa mga patay,
ug hayagan ka ni Cristo.”

15 Busa pagmatngon kamo sa inyong pagkinabuhi. Ayaw kamo pagkinabuhi sama sa mga wala makasabot, kondili pagkinabuhi kamo isip mga tawo nga nakasabot sa kabubut-on sa Dios. 16 Ayaw ninyo usiki ang inyong panahon, kondili gamita ninyo kini sa pagbuhat ug maayo, tungod kay daotan kining mga adlawa. 17 Ayaw kamo pagpakabuang, kondili sabta ninyo kon unsa ang kabubut-on sa Ginoo alang kaninyo.

18 Ayaw kamo paghubog-hubog, kay kini pagpatuyang lang sa inyong kinabuhi. Hinuon, pagpapuno kamo sa Espiritu Santo. 19 Sa inyong panagtigom, gamita ninyo ang mga salmo ug uban pa nga mga awit mahitungod sa pagdayeg sa Ginoo. Ug pag-awit kamo nga kinasingkasing gayod. 20 Pagpasalamat kamo kanunay sa Dios nga Amahan pinaagi sa atong Ginoong Jesu-Cristo alang sa tanang mga butang.

Ang Bana ug ang Asawa

21 Pagpasakop kamo sa usag usa agig pagtahod kang Cristo.

22 Kamo nga mga asawa, pagpasakop kamo sa inyong bana, sama sa inyong pagpasakop sa Ginoo. 23 Kay ang bana mao ang ulo sa iyang asawa sama usab nga si Cristo mao ang ulo sa mga tumutuo nga mao ang iyang lawas, ug siya usab ang Manluluwas. 24 Busa, ingon nga ang mga tumutuo nagapasakop kang Cristo, ang mga asawa kinahanglan usab nga magpasakop sa ilang mga bana.

25 Kamo nga mga bana, higugmaa ninyo ang inyong asawa sama usab sa paghigugma ni Cristo sa mga tumutuo. Tungod sa iyang paghigugma kanato gihalad niya ang iyang kinabuhi 26 aron dawaton kita sa Dios, human kita mahinloi pinaagi sa pagbautismo nga inubanan sa pulong. 27 Gibuhat niya kini aron kita nga mga tumutuo madawat niya isip iyang pangasaw-onon nga matahom kaayo, balaan, ug walay ikasaway; sama sa pangasaw-onon nga walay depekto o kunot o unsa pa nga mga apan. 28 Busa ang mga bana kinahanglan gayod maghigugma sa ilang asawa sama sa ilang paghigugma sa ilang kaugalingon nga lawas, tungod kay ang magtiayon usa ra. Ang nagahigugma sa iyang asawa nagahigugma sa iyang kaugalingon. 29 Walay tawo nga wala mahigugma sa iyang kaugalingon nga lawas, hinuon pakan-on ug atimanon gayod niya kini. Mao usab kini ang gibuhat ni Cristo kanato nga nagatuo kaniya, 30 tungod kay kita mga bahin sa iyang lawas. 31 Nagaingon ang Kasulatan nga ang magtiayon usa ra. “Ang lalaki mobulag sa iyang amahan ug inahan, ug makighiusa sa iyang asawa. Ug silang duha mahimong usa.”[b] 32 Kahibulongan kining kamatuoran nga gipadayag, ug makaingon ako nga mao kini ang panig-ingnan sa relasyon ni Cristo sa tanan nga nagatuo kaniya. 33 Busa kamong mga bana, higugmaa ninyo ang inyong asawa sama sa inyong kaugalingon. Ug kamong mga asawa, tahora ninyo ang inyong bana.

Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Tungod kay kon hakog ang tawo palabihon niya ang mga butang dinhi sa kalibotan kaysa Dios.
  2. 5:31 Tan-awa usab ang Gen. 2:24.

Follow God’s example,(A) therefore, as dearly loved children(B) and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(C) and gave himself up for us(D) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(E)

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(F) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(G) because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(H) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(I) For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater(J)—has any inheritance(K) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a](L) Let no one deceive you(M) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(N) comes on those who are disobedient.(O) Therefore do not be partners with them.

For you were once(P) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(Q) (for the fruit(R) of the light consists in all goodness,(S) righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(T) 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(U) but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light(V) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(W)
    rise from the dead,(X)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(Y)

15 Be very careful, then, how you live(Z)—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity,(AA) because the days are evil.(AB) 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.(AC) 18 Do not get drunk on wine,(AD) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(AE) 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.(AF) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks(AG) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households(AH)

21 Submit to one another(AI) out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(AJ) as you do to the Lord.(AK) 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(AL) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(AM) in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives,(AN) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(AO) 26 to make her holy,(AP) cleansing[b] her by the washing(AQ) with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself(AR) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(AS) 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives(AT) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body.(AU) 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c](AV) 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife(AW) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:5 Or kingdom of the Messiah and God
  2. Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
  3. Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

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.

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

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

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.

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

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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

(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.