| 5 | Ephesians | ||
| 1 | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | ||
| 2 | And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. | ||
| 3 | But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints. | ||
| 4 | Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | Walk as Children of Light Eph.5.6-21 | |
| 7 | Therefore do not associate with them, | ||
| 8 | for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light | ||
| 9 | (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), | ||
| 10 | and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. | ||
| 11 | Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. | ||
| 12 | For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret; | ||
| 13 | but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. | ||
| 14 | Therefore it is said, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light." | ||
| 15 | Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, | ||
| 16 | making the most of the time, because the days are evil. | ||
| 17 | Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. | ||
| 18 | And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, | ||
| 19 | addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, | ||
| 20 | always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. | ||
| 21 | Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. | ||
| 22 | Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. | Wives and Husbands Eph.5.22-33 | |
| 23 | For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Saviour. | ||
| 24 | As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. | ||
| 25 | Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church 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 church to himself in splendour, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. | ||
| 28 | Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. | ||
| 29 | For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, | ||
| 30 | because we are members of his body. | ||
| 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." | - a man shall leave his father and mother Eph.5.31 - Gn.2.24 | |
| 32 | This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church; | ||
| 33 | however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | ||
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