Ephesians 5

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

4 sermons on Ephesians 5:1

“And Ephesians 5:1 said that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, goodness, gentleness, patience, meekness, faith, temperance.”
The Baptism Of The Holy SpiritWilliam Branham, September 28, 1958
“Now, Ephesians 5:1 tells you so, and about how it was.”
The Anointed Ones At The End TimeWilliam Branham, July 25, 1965. Names it 2 times.
“I was going to go into Ephesians 5:1-33.”
Omega Reflection #2Lee Vayle, May 23, 1982
“Now, Ephesians 5:1 tells you so, (It’s not 5:1, it’s 1:5, you’ll see that in paragaph 166.) and about how it was.”
Anointed Ones at the End Time #13Lee Vayle, April 1, 1987

²And 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.

³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

⁴Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

⁵For 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.

1 sermon on Ephesians 5:5

“Okay, we can go then to Eph 5:5.”
Facts of Our Faith #4Lee Vayle, February 17, 1991

⁶Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

5 sermons on Ephesians 5:6

“Ephesians 5:6”
Hope of His Calling #7 (2481) - NLV.Lee Vayle, July 12, 1981
“So let’s go to Eph 5:6.”
This GenerationLee Vayle, September 15, 1991. Names it 2 times.
“Ephesians 5:6.”
Seed of Discrepancy #27Lee Vayle, February 25, 1996
“And over in Eph 5:6, It says:”
Seed of Discrepancy #32Lee Vayle, April 21, 1996

⁷Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

3 sermons on Ephesians 5:8

“Ephesians 5:8.”
Omega Reflection #1Lee Vayle, April 3, 1982
“What does It say in Ephesians 5:8?”
A Man That Can Turn on the Light #4Lee Vayle, August 24, 1983
“Then, in Eph 5:8:”
Shalom #13Lee Vayle, April 19, 1989

⁹(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

1 sermon on Ephesians 5:9

¹⁰Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

2 sermons on Ephesians 5:10

“Ephesians 5:10-14;”
ResurrectionLee Vayle, June 15, 1975
“Now, watch what Eph 5:10 says.”
Shalom #12Lee Vayle, April 16, 1989

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

¹²For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

2 sermons on Ephesians 5:12

“I want to ask you, "When did that Light come?"”
Omega Reflection #1Lee Vayle, April 3, 1982
“And most of those are abusive and sexual but it’s not done in secret.”
Does God Ever Change His Mind # 15Lee Vayle, February 2, 1992

¹³But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

13 sermons on Ephesians 5:13

“Now;”
ResurrectionLee Vayle, June 15, 1975
“All right, let's go further, we go to Ephesians 5:13.”
Pre Rapture Revelation of Jesus ChristLee Vayle, February 5, 1978
“Ephesians 5:13”
The Revelation of Jesus ChristLee Vayle, January 14, 1979
“Go to Ephesians 5:13.”
The Spirit of the Age # 1Lee Vayle, December 31, 1980
“Now, in Eph 5:13.”
Presence #7Lee Vayle, June 3, 1981
“Now, let us also consider the other Scripture as in Ephesians 5:13-14, we're talking about this Presence in the Bride.”
Ephesians # 5c2Lee Vayle, June 21, 1981

See all 13 sermons on Ephesians 5:13

¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

16 sermons on Ephesians 5:14

“Come out from amongst the dead.”
End Time Events (1766) (Mesa Az)Lee Vayle, December 11, 1966
“(See?)”
Established in Present Day Truth ( 0270A)Lee Vayle, February 19, 1970
“Now, just hold that thought there, Ephesians 5:14”
Faith of Abraham # 2Lee Vayle, July 11, 1973
“Get out of your dead denomination, and your dead thinking, and your dead hypocrisy, and your own pride and vow to yourself to the Word of God as the prophet brings it forth.”
Second Coming of Jesus ChristLee Vayle, July 20, 1977
“Remember, we are not dead, and Israel is not dead.”
The Revelation of Jesus ChristLee Vayle, January 14, 1979
“They're in there amongst the dead, they're sleeping.”
Ephesians # 5c2Lee Vayle, June 21, 1981. Names it 2 times.

See all 16 sermons on Ephesians 5:14

¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

1 sermon on Ephesians 5:15

¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is .

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

4 sermons on Ephesians 5:18

“God actually requires that of us, because He says, “Be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but be drunk on the Spirit” [Eph 5:18].”
Future Home #13Lee Vayle, June 12, 1988
“Well, we can go, then, to Eph 5:18, and we’re going to look just at the middle of it.”
Shalom #21Lee Vayle, May 27, 1989
“They are not full of the spirit, but they think they are full of the spirit, and they’re completely drunken, intoxicated by their own revelation.”
God of This Evil Age # 3 NLVLee Vayle, June 30, 1990
“In Eph 5:18-23 It says:”
Godhead Q&A #6Lee Vayle, February 3, 2001

¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

1 sermon on Ephesians 5:19

“That's what I believe, that the believers today [are] constantly filled with the Holy Ghost by piling Word upon Word.”
Good Friday Message (Texas)Lee Vayle, March 24, 1989

²⁰Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

²¹Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

7 sermons on Ephesians 5:21

“So therefore, I see a type here, which I could at this time if I wished to, and I’ll do it, go strictly and immediately to Ephesians 5:21 and It says here,”
ChronologyLee Vayle, April 27, 1980
“Now, we go to Ephesians in order to see the place of the church in this ranking, and It's Ephesians 5:21-32.”
Divine Order # 1 (0181-G)Lee Vayle, April 22, 1981
“Let’s go now to Eph 5:21.”
Perfect Faith #16Lee Vayle, October 3, 1987
“And so our thought here at this time, in Eph 5:21 is:”
Greatest Battle Ever Fought #6Lee Vayle, October 31, 1987
“And with It, Eph 5:21, which we read many, many times.”
Q&A#8_PastorsLee Vayle, February 21, 1988
“Now we’re going to read Eph 5:21, starting.”
Seed of Discrepancy #24Lee Vayle, January 21, 1996

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²²Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

12 sermons on Ephesians 5:22

“First Peter 2:1 to 6, Ephesians 5:22…See?”
The Spoken Word Is The Original SeedWilliam Branham, March 18, 1962
“Now in Ephesians, the 5th chapter, and beginning with the 22nd verse.”
A Thinking Man's FilterWilliam Branham, August 22, 1965
“Only a part chosen for the Bride, because that is Eph 5:22-32, the mystery of the union of Christ and the Bride, He had to choose of her, and She was chosen.”
The Mighty God's Achievement on DisplayLee Vayle, August 24, 1969
“And Ephesians 5:22-32, where the husband is head of the house, speaking of Christ, and the Bride.”
Godhead # 1Lee Vayle, January 11, 1970
“Now listen, we're still with it: all this was in the mind of God, (all of it) as necessary to the purpose, but only a part was in union with Him, only a part was chosen for Bride, because that is Ephesians 5:22-33.”
The Mighty God's Achievement on DisplayLee Vayle, July 4, 1971
“Eph. 5:22-32”
Mother' DayLee Vayle, May 10, 1981

See all 12 sermons on Ephesians 5:22

²³For 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.

6 sermons on Ephesians 5:23

“First Peter 2:1 to 6, Ephesians 5:23.”
The Spoken Word Is The Original SeedWilliam Branham, March 18, 1962
"He gave Himself for It that He might sanctify and cleanse It with washing of water by the Word.]
Ephesians # 9Lee Vayle, October 4, 1981
“Ephesians 5:23-25”
The ResurrectionLee Vayle, March 13, 1983
“We go to Eph 5:23.”
Shalom #21Lee Vayle, May 27, 1989
“Now, you’ve got the same thing over here in Eph 5:23, the last part:”
Trees, Books & Fountains #8Lee Vayle, July 19, 1989
“Now, Eph 5:23, and It says here:”
Leadership #6Lee Vayle, July 13, 1994

²⁴Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

28 sermons on Ephesians 5:25

“Now Ephesians, let’s go here; we got to read that one: Ephesians 5:25, right quick now: Ephesians 5, and 25.”
Five Definite Identifications Of The True Church Of The Living GodWilliam Branham, September 11, 1960
“What was It?”
Power of the CrossLee Vayle, November 14, 1970
“We’ll go to Ephesians 5:25:”
Christian and His Attitude #2 12278Lee Vayle, January 22, 1978
“Ephesians 5:25-32”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes #3Lee Vayle, March 1, 1981
“Woman was supposed to be Ephesians 5:25-27.”
Mother' DayLee Vayle, May 10, 1981. Names it 2 times.
“Again Ephesians 5:25.”
Ephesians # 5cLee Vayle, June 14, 1981. Names it 2 times.

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²⁶That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

17 sermons on Ephesians 5:26

“Now, Paul in Ephesians 5:26 said, that God had purchased the church by the washing of the water by the Word.”
ChristWilliam Branham, February 21, 1955
“Now, turn with me right quick to Ephesians 5, just hold your place and go back, just a few pages back, to Ephesians the 5th chapter and the 26th verse:”
Revelation, Chapter FourWilliam Branham, January 8, 1961
“This is a Message I want to read from Numbers 19:9 and Ephesians 5:26.”
A Thinking Man's FilterWilliam Branham, August 22, 1965. Names it 2 times.
“In Ephesians 5:26, the only one way you can get through that Rock, that’s, “Washed by the waters of separation by the Word.””
God's Power To TransformWilliam Branham, September 11, 1965
“Ephesians 5:26, in there said.”
Power Of TransformationWilliam Branham, October 31, 1965
“Now, notice back here in Ephesians 5:26, It says:”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes InLee Vayle, September 5, 1979

See all 17 sermons on Ephesians 5:26

²⁷That 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.

10 sermons on Ephesians 5:27

“All glorious within, and all glorious without.”
There is a Real BodyLee Vayle, November 30, 1979
“Now you tell me there's some kind of shame even there?”
Presence #7Lee Vayle, June 3, 1981
“Now, especially did 22-27 which deals with God loving the Church, dying for It, to the end He might sanctify and cleanse It with the washing of water by the Word, to the end "that He might present Himself a glorious Church without spot, without blemish," [Eph 5:27] gave way to 2 Corinthians 11: 2-4, and 13 to 15.”
Ephesians # 5cLee Vayle, June 14, 1981. Names it 2 times.
“That's the thing that wants to keep me alive right now and make me happy, and everything else just (phfft!) blah, compared to that.”
Presence #16 - NLV.Lee Vayle, October 3, 1981

See all 10 sermons on Ephesians 5:27

²⁸So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

4 sermons on Ephesians 5:28

“Ephesians 5:28 to 32.”
Is This The Sign Of The End, SirWilliam Branham, December 30, 1962
“Now, let’s read from Eph 5:28 on.”
Q&A#12_PastorsLee Vayle, March 7, 1988
“‘If you love yourself’, the Bible tells you, “Men ought to love their wives as their own bodies,” [Eph 5:28] Because men love their bodies: they pamper their bodies.”
Seed of Discrepancy #9Lee Vayle, March 12, 1995

²⁹For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

3 sermons on Ephesians 5:29

“And, "He nourishes it, even as the Lord the church."[Eph 5:29]”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes InLee Vayle, September 5, 1979. Names it 2 times.
“And then reading on, and the very grace of God in the first age where he was joined to her in her virginity waiting for the hour of their physical union, the Marriage Supper, but she got away from It according to the Book of Ephesians 5: 29-31.”
Ephesians # 5c2Lee Vayle, June 21, 1981

³⁰For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

11 sermons on Ephesians 5:30

“Now, let's go back to Eph 5:30-32.”
The Mighty God's Achievement on DisplayLee Vayle, August 24, 1969
“Now, also, Ephesians 5:30-32”
The Mighty God's Achievement on DisplayLee Vayle, July 4, 1971
“And, "He nourishes it, even as the Lord the church."[Eph 5:29]”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes InLee Vayle, September 5, 1979. Names it 2 times.
“Now, because Eph 5:30 says, "We are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones."”
Once for AllLee Vayle, November 27, 1979
“Ephesians 5:30”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes #1 (0081-B)Lee Vayle, February 22, 1981
“And she herself is absolutely changed, "bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh," [Eph 5:30] every member in the right position.”
Why He is Here #2Lee Vayle, September 15, 1982

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³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

5 sermons on Ephesians 5:31

“He forsook God and clung to the woman.”
Study of PerversionLee Vayle, May 8, 1968
“We go then to the Book on marriage and divorce, which is Matthew 19: that Bro. Branham read from, and we'll hear what He has to say in verses 4-6.”
Serpent SeedLee Vayle, December 29, 1974
“And he did.”
Romans 5Lee Vayle, July 2, 1980

³²This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

1 sermon on Ephesians 5:32

“Which is Eph 5:32.”
Ephesians # 5cLee Vayle, June 14, 1981

³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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