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Ephesians - Chapter 5

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