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1 Be
therefore imitators
of God, as beloved
children.
2 Walk
in love, even as
Christ also loved
us and gave
himself up for
us, an offering
and a sacrifice
to God for
a sweet-smelling fragrance.
3 But
sexual immorality,
and all uncleanness
or covetousness,
let it not
even be mentioned
among you,
as becomes saints;
4 nor filthiness, nor
foolish talking,
nor jesting, which
are not appropriate,
but rather giving
of thanks.
5 Know
this for sure,
that no sexually
immoral person,
nor unclean person,
nor covetous
man (who is
an idolater), has
any inheritance in
the Kingdom of
Christ and God.
6 Let
no one deceive you
with empty words,
for because of
these things the
wrath of God
comes on the
children of disobedience.
7 Therefore don’t be
partakers with them.
8 For
you were once
darkness, but are
now light in
the Lord. Walk
as children of
light,
9 for
the fruit of
the Spirit is
in all goodness
and righteousness
and truth,
10 proving
what is well
pleasing to the
Lord.
11 Have
no fellowship with
the unfruitful deeds
of darkness, but
rather even
reprove them.
12 For
it is a shame
even to speak
of the things
which are done
by them in
secret.
13 But
all things, when
they are reproved,
are revealed by
the light, for
everything that reveals
is light.
14 Therefore
he says, “Awake,
you who sleep,
and arise from
the dead, and
Christ will shine
on you.”
15 Therefore watch carefully
how you walk,
not as unwise, but
as wise,
16 redeeming
the time, because
the days are
evil.
17 Therefore,
don’t be foolish,
but understand
what the will
of the Lord
is.
18 Don’t be
drunken with wine,
in which
is dissipation, but
be filled with
the Spirit,
19 speaking
to one another
in psalms, hymns,
and spiritual
songs; singing and
making melody in
your heart to
the Lord;
20 giving
thanks always
concerning all
things in the
name of our
Lord Jesus Christ
to God, even
the Father;
21 subjecting
yourselves to one
another in the
fear of Christ.
22 Wives,
be subject to your
own husbands, as
to the Lord.
23 For
the husband is the
head of the
wife, as Christ
also is the
head of the
assembly, being himself
the savior of
the body.
24 But
as the assembly
is subject to
Christ, so let
the wives also
be to their own
husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love
your wives, even
as Christ
also loved the
assembly and gave
himself up for
her,
26 that
he might sanctify her, having
cleansed her by
the washing of
water with the
word,
27 that
he might present
the assembly to
himself gloriously, not
having spot or
wrinkle or any
such thing, but
that she should
be holy and
without defect.
28 Even
so husbands also
ought to love
their own wives
as their own
bodies. He
who loves his own
wife loves himself.
29 For
no man ever
hated his own
flesh, but
nourishes and
cherishes it, even
as the Lord
also does the
assembly,
30 because
we are members
of his body,
of his flesh
and bones.
31 “For
this cause a
man will leave
his father and
mother and will
be joined to
his wife. Then
the two will
become one
flesh.”
32 This
mystery is great,
but I speak
concerning Christ
and the assembly.
33 Nevertheless each
of you must
also love his own
wife even as
himself; and let
the wife see that
she respects
her husband.