St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians 5:20-33: A New Translation 

St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians 5:20- 33 is a traditional Epistle reading for a wedding. In what follows, however, I have included the preceding verses going back to 5:17 in order to include the entire grammatical sentence as St. Paul presents it rather than picking up mid-phrase. I believe it also helps to set the stage for the mutually supportive and ultimately apolitical mystery (known as “marriage”) that he explores…