Ephesians 5:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;

Common English Bible

¹ Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.

Ephesians 5:1 Cross References

1 John 4:11

Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.

Ephesians 4:32

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Matthew 5:48

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

Leviticus 11:45

For I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt, to be your God; you shall be holy, for I am holy.

John 1:12

But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he the child in whom I delight? As often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore I am deeply moved for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.

Hosea 1:10

Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world,