| Ephesians 5 | ||
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| Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; | |
| and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. | |
| But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; | |
| and {there must be no} filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. | |
| For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. | |
| Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. | |
| Therefore do not be partakers with them; | |
| for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light | |
| (for the fruit of the Light {consists} in all goodness and righteousness and truth), | |
| trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. | |
| Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; | |
| for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | |
| But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. | |
| For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you." | |
| Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, | |
| making the most of your time, because the days are evil. | |
| So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. | |
| And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, | |
| speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; | |
| always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; | |
| and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. | |
| Wives, {be subject} to your own husbands, as to the Lord. | |
| For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself {being} the Savior of the body. | |
| But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives {ought to be} to their husbands in everything. | |
| Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, | |
| so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, | |
| that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. | |
| So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; | |
| for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also {does} the church, | |
| because we are members of His body. | |
| FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. | |
| This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. | |
| Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must {see to it} that she respects her husband. |
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