1 T herefore be imitators of God as dear children.

2 A nd walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.

3 B ut fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;

4 n either filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

5 F or this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

6 L et no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

7 T herefore do not be partakers with them. Walk in Light

8 F or you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

9 ( for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),

10 f inding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

11 A nd have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 F or it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

13 B ut all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

14 T herefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” Walk in Wisdom

15 S ee then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,

16 r edeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 T herefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18 A nd do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

19 s peaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

20 g iving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 s ubmitting to one another in the fear of God. Marriage—Christ and the Church

22 W ives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23 F or the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

24 T herefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

25 H usbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,

26 t hat He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,

27 t hat He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

28 S o husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.

29 F or no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

30 F or we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.

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.”

32 T his is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 N evertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.