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5:1  So imitate God, as his dear children;
5:2  and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance.
5:3  Among you there should not even be mentioned sexual immorality, or any kind of impurity, or greed; these are utterly inappropriate for God’s holy people.
5:4  Also out of place are obscenity and stupid talk or coarse language; instead, you should be giving thanks.
5:5  For of this you can be sure: every sexually immoral, impure or greedy person — that is, every idol-worshipper — has no share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God.
5:6  Let no one deceive you with empty talk; for it is because of these things that God’s judgment is coming on those who disobey him.
5:7  So don’t become partners with them!
5:8  For you used to be darkness; but now, united with the Lord, you are light. Live like children of light,
5:9  for the fruit of the light is in every kind of goodness, rightness and truth —
5:10  try to determine what will please the Lord.
5:11  Have nothing to do with the deeds produced by darkness, but instead expose them,
5:12  for it is shameful even to speak of the things these people do in secret.
5:13  But everything exposed to the light is revealed clearly for what it is,
5:14  since anything revealed is a light. This is why it says, “Get up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you!”
5:15  Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life — live wisely, not unwisely.
5:16  Use your time well, for these are evil days.
5:17  So don’t be foolish, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18  Don’t get drunk with wine, because it makes you lose control. Instead, keep on being filled with the Spirit —
5:19  sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to each other; sing to the Lord and make music in your heart to him;
5:20  always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
5:21  Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah.
5:22  Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord;
5:23  because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe.
5:24  Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
5:25  As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf,
5:26  in order to set it apart for God, making it clean through immersion in the mikveh, so to speak,
5:27  in order to present the Messianic Community to himself as a bride to be proud of, without a spot, wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without defect.
5:28  This is how husbands ought to love their wives — like their own bodies; for the man who loves his wife is loving himself.
5:29  Why, no one ever hated his own flesh! On the contrary, he feeds it well and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does the Messianic Community,
5:30  because we are parts of his Body.
5:31  “Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and remain with his wife, and the two will become one.”
5:32  There is profound truth hidden here, which I say concerns the Messiah and the Messianic Community.
5:33  However, the text also applies to each of you individually: let each man love his wife as he does himself, and see that the wife respects her husband.