Ephesians 5 — Rabbi

Ephesians 5:1

γίνεσθε

gínomai

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) οὖν

oûn

(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly μιμηταὶ

mimētḗs

an imitator τοῦ

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) θεοῦ,

theós

figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very ὡς

hōs

which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) τέκνα

téknon

a child (as produced) ἀγαπητά,

agapētós

beloved

Ephesians 5:1 · Greek NT (SBLGNT)

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Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];

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“Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];”

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