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| 5:1 |
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
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| 5:2 |
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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| 5:3 |
But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints.
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| 5:4 |
Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting;but instead let there be thanksgiving.
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| 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.
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| 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 ofdisobedience.
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| 5:7 |
Therefore do not associate with them,
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| 5:8 |
for once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord;walk as children of light
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| 5:9 |
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
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| 5:10 |
and try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
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| 5:11 |
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
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| 5:12 |
For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret;
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| 5:13 |
but when anything is exposed by the light it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.
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| 5:14 |
Therefore it is said, 'Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.'
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| 5:15 |
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
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| 5:16 |
making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
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| 5:17 |
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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| 5:18 |
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery;but be filled with the Spirit,
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| 5:19 |
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart,
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| 5:20 |
always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
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| 5:21 |
Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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| 5:22 |
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord.
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| 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.
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| 5:24 |
As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.
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| 5:25 |
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
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| 5:26 |
that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
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| 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.
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| 5:28 |
Even so husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
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| 5:29 |
For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,
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| 5:30 |
because we are members of his body.
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| 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.'
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| 5:32 |
This mystery is a profound one, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church;
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| 5:33 |
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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