Ch. 5 v. 32

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

Ephesians 5:32

Ch. 5 v. 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.

Ephesians 5:31

Ch. 5 v. 30

For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Ephesians 5:30

Ch. 5 v. 29

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

Ephesians 5:29

Ch. 5 v. 27-28

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.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Ephesians 5:27-28

Ch. 5 v. 26

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Ephesians 5:26

Ch. 5 v. 25

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

Ephesians 5:25

Ch. 5 v. 24

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

Ephesians 5:24

Ch. 5 v. 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.

Ephesians 5:23

Ch. 5 v. 22

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Ephesians 5:22

Ch. 5 v. 21

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Ephesians 5:21

Ch. 5 v. 20

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

Ephesians 5:20

Ch. 5 v. 19

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

Ephesians 5:19

Ch. 5 v. 18

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Ephesians 5:18

Ch. 5 v. 17

Wherefore be ye not unwise , but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:17

Ch. 5 v. 15-16

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16

Ch. 5 v. 12-14... Playing Catch-up

I am not really tackling all of these today, just v. 14.  I was a little behind in posting.

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

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

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

Ephesians 5:12-14

Ch. 5 v. 11 ... and a Vocabulary Lesson

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

REPROVE:

1. To blame; to censure.

2. To charge with a fault to the face; to chide; to reprehend.

3. To blame for; with of; as, to reprove one of laziness.

4. To convince of a fault, or to make it manifest.

5. To refute; to disprove.

6. To excite a sense of guilt.

7. To manifest silent disapprobation or blame.

from Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language

I love this  1828 version of Webster's dictionary.  Its definitions include several literary and biblical references and quotes for illustrative purposes.  Now to look up disapprobation...

One Hundred

I am doubling up today, memorizing verses 9 and 10, to be able to make it all the way through chapter 5 by the end of January.  Verse 10 is the 100th verse in Ephesians.  God is so good.  I am overwhelmed that I have come this far.  God is faithful and loving and full of grace.  Through the washing of His Word He is changing me.  Deep inside He is changing me, and I am absolutely overwhelmed.  Maybe one day I will write about that.  

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Ephesians 5:9-10

Only 47 more to go...

Ch. 5 v. 8

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

Ephesians 5:8

Ch. 5 v. 6-7

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.

Ephesians 5:6-7

Ch. 5 v. 5 - Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?

That IS a game we played in elementary school, right?  I seem to remember something like that.  Anyways, there it is.  Thanks, Ann, for the button instructions.

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.

Ephesians 5:5

UPDATE:  Well obviously I don't have the button.  I HAD the button, but whenever I exit Safari and then go back, the button has mysteriously turned into a question mark.  You can still click it to get to Ann Roeker's MMM page.  I will have to figure this out when I have more time.  

I can sew a button, but how do I ADD one?

Ann Kroeker is hosting Mega Memory Month on her blog.  The idea is to put to memory some long passage (Scripture, a poem, etc.) during the month of January and to encourage others who are joining in doing the same.  

I will be working on Ephesians 5 for January.  Last summer I started working on memorizing Ephesians and Lea's Remember in September contest helped me complete Chapter 2 and part of Chapter 3 (not to mention start blogging).  It took all of October and November to finish Chapter 3, and I did Chapter 4 in December.  My method is to add a new verse each day and then review previous verses.  (If you look at previous posts you will see that in actuality this works out to sometimes skipping days and doubling up on other days, or in the case of Chapter 3, taking an inordinate amount of time to complete a section.)

I am loving the accountability and deadline aspect of MMM.  It really seems to help me.

Oh, and there is this really nice button for Mega Memory Month with a coral, which I think is a brain coral, which would be totally appropriate, but I have to figure out how to add a button to a blog.  

Ch. 5 v. 4

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

Ephesians 5:4

Ch. 5 v. 3

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

Ephesians 5:3

Ch. 5 v. 1-2

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.

Ephesians 5:1-2

The End of Ephesians 4!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that I'm at the end of Chapter 4.  That is two-thirds of the way through.  Only two more chapters to go!

And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as 

God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Ephesians 4:30-32