5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
5:2 and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
5:3 But sexual immorality and impurity of any kind or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.
5:4 Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.
5:5 Be sure of this, that no sexually immoral or impure person or one who is greedy (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.
5:8 for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,
5:9 for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.
5:10 Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord.
5:11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness; rather, expose them.
5:12 For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly,
5:13 but everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
5:14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
5:15 Be careful, then, how you live, not as unwise people but as wise,
5:16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,
5:19 as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to one another, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts,
5:20 giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:21 being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
5:22 Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,
5:23 for the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
5:24 Just as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives ought to be, in everything, to their husbands.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
5:26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,
5:27 so as to present the church to himself in splendor, without a spot or wrinkle or anything of the kind, so that she may be holy and without blemish.
5:28 In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
5:29 For no one ever hates his own flesh, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
5:31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
5:32 This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
5:33 Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband.
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