King James Version · Under Rome
Ephesians 5
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Be ye therefore followers of , as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an and a to for a sweetsmelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh ; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any in of Christ and of . Let no man deceive you with words: for because of these things cometh upon the children of . Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes , but now are ye in : walk as children of : (For the fruit of is in all goodness and and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto . And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of , but rather reprove them. For it is a even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by : for whatsoever doth make manifest is . Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from , and Christ shall give thee . See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as , Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of is. And be not drunk with , wherein is excess; but be filled with ; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in to ; Giving thanks always for all things unto and in the name of our ; Submitting yourselves one to another in . Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto . For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of : and he is the of the body. Therefore as is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved , and gave himself for it; That he might and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a , not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be and . So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as : For we are members of his body, of his , and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one . This is a great : but I speak concerning Christ and . Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
The 1611 translation, public domain. Its original printing included the Apocrypha, which is why the deuterocanonical books can be read here. Notes and cards are EKLI’s own.
The world at this moment · Under Rome, 63 BC to AD 100 ›
Judea as a client kingdom and then a province. Roads, garrisons, taxes, crucifixion, and a common Greek language that let a message travel the empire faster than any before it.
- Rome
- The republic tears itself apart in civil war and comes out as an empire under Augustus. What follows is two centuries of relative peace across the whole Mediterranean, enforced by legions and paid for by taxes, with safe roads and safe sea lanes. Every one of Paul's journeys depends on that.
- Judea
- Governed first through Herod the Great, a client king of enormous ability and enormous brutality who rebuilds the temple into one of the wonders of the ancient world, then directly by Roman prefects. Crucifixion is the standard penalty for sedition and is used often and publicly.
- The wider world
- Greek is spoken from Spain to Syria, which means a letter written in Corinth can be read in Rome without translation. Jewish communities already exist in most major cities, which is where the first Christian preaching lands. Mystery religions, imperial cult, and philosophy all compete in the same marketplace.
- Further afield
- The Han dynasty rules China and trades silk westward along routes that touch the Roman world at second hand. In Britain the Roman conquest begins within a decade of the crucifixion.