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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 fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
5:4  Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.
5:5  Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure man, or one who is covetous (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 it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
5:7  Therefore do not associate with them,
5:8  for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
5:9  (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
5:10  and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
5:11  Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
5:12  For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;
5:13  but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.
5:14  Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”
5:15  Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
5:16  making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
5:17  Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18  And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
5:19  addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
5:20  always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
5:21  Be 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 as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.
5:24  As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
5:25  Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
5:26  that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
5:27  that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.
5:28  Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
5:29  For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
5:30  because we are members of his body.
5:31  “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
5:32  This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;
5:33  however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.