Ephesians 5:1
About the book Ephesians Trend of this verse since 2000
Bible text
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Text: World English Bible (Classic, with deuterocanon). The World English Bible is in the Public Domain. "World English Bible" is a trademark of eBible.org.. Licence: Public domain (World English Bible). Source: ebible.org. Footnotes and cross references are left out; the rights holder has not reviewed or endorsed this display.
Statistics
- 28 Uses? Every use that covers this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 28 Uses naming the verse? As in the Top 100: only uses that name this verse.
- #298 Rank? Rank 298 of 19,199 verses named in at least one use; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping? Position 29,430 in the sequence Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering), New Testament
28 of the uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
- Speaking the truth in love
- Man and woman
- Submission to god
- Becoming more like christ
- Man as head of household
- Children
- Husbands role
- Wife
The strongest topics first, by the votes of the OpenBible.info readers.
Persons: STEPBible TIPNR and MACULA; topics: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Sources and credits
Numbering in the versification systems?
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse has the following labels; labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse?
- Vers of the Day Website Data: 8 uses
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive: 8 uses
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 7 uses
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 4 uses
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 use
Uses?
28 approved public uses (data: Official), newest first.
- Date
- Jun 30, 2026
- Cited as
- Epheser 5,1-2
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2026 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2026-06-30
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Feb 27, 2026
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 2026
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Aug 26, 2024
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Feb 15, 2024
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Aug 24, 2023
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Sep 8, 2022
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 2022
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Aug 9, 2021
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jun 14, 2020
- Cited as
- Epheser 5,1-2
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 14. Juni 2020
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2020-06-14
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jul 16, 2019
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jul 9, 2018
- Cited as
- Epheser 5,1
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 9. Juli 2018
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2018-07-09
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jul 6, 2018
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- YouVersion Verse of the Day Archive, YouVersion Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 2018
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jul 17, 2015
- Cited as
- Epheser 5,1-2
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 17. Juli 2015
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2015-07-17
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 7, 2014
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 2010
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 2006
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jul 3, 2004
- Cited as
- Epheser 5,1-2
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Samstag, 3. Juli 2004
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2004-07-03
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 7, 2002
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 7, 1998
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1-2
- Source
- Vers of the Day Website Data, Verse of the Day
- Usage
- Citation
- Language
- English
- Contributed by
- contributor-3fbt58hvk54z
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ephesians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1221 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation
- Usage
- Citation
- Author
- Bonaventure
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1055 – Dec 31, 1126
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ephesians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Theophylact of Ohrid
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Eastern Orthodox
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 340 – Dec 31, 425
- Cited as
- Ephesians 5:1
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentary on Ephesians
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Jerome
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed – counting rule: Every covered verse (baseline) / Named verses only; data: Official; as of Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC
Neutral key: nrf1:EPH.005.001
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- Every covered verse (baseline) The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Named verses only Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – uses naming the verse (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- Official The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 124, published Nov 9, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
- Protestant canon, 66 books (KJV numbering)
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8 - Rank
- As in the Top 100: uses naming the verse, highest first, over the verses named at least once; tied verses share a rank.
- Uses
- Approved public uses of the data shown, with at least one cited passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. The Bible text is shown for reading only; it is never counted. How we count Glossary