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 Eph 5:1 |
Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children |
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Eph 5:2 |
and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
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Eph 5:3 |
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. |
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Eph 5:4 |
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. |
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Eph 5:5 |
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. [fn] |
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Eph 5:6 |
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. |
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Eph 5:7 |
Therefore do not be partners with them. |
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Eph 5:8 |
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light |
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Eph 5:9 |
(for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) |
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Eph 5:10 |
and find out what pleases the Lord. |
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Eph 5:11 |
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. |
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Eph 5:12 |
It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. |
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Eph 5:13 |
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. |
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Eph 5:14 |
This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." |
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Eph 5:15 |
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, |
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Eph 5:16 |
making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. |
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Eph 5:17 |
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. |
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Eph 5:18 |
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, |
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Eph 5:19 |
speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, |
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Eph 5:20 |
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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Eph 5:21 |
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. |
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Eph 5:22 |
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. |
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Eph 5:23 |
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. |
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Eph 5:24 |
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. |
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Eph 5:25 |
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her |
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Eph 5:26 |
to make her holy, cleansing [fn] her by the washing with water through the word, |
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Eph 5:27 |
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. |
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Eph 5:28 |
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
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Eph 5:29 |
After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— |
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Eph 5:30 |
for we are members of his body. |
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Eph 5:31 |
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." [fn] |
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Eph 5:32 |
This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. |
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Eph 5:33 |
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. |
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