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1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
1 Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
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.
2 and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,
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.
3 and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
4 also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;
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.
5 for this ye know, that every whoremonger, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, hath no inheritance in the reign of the Christ and God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,
7 Therefore do not be partners with them.
7 become not, then, partakers with them,
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
8 for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
9 for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth,
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
10 proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,
11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
12 for the things in secret done by them it is a shame even to speak of,
13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
13 and all the things reproved by the light are manifested, for everything that is manifested is light;
14 This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
14 wherefore he saith, `Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
15 See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil;
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
17 because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
18 and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
19 speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
20 giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
21 subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
22 The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,
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.
23 because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
24 but even as the assembly is subject to Christ, so also [are] the wives to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
25 The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,
26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] with the bathing of the water in the saying,
27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
27 that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
28 so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife -- himself he doth love;
29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
29 for no one ever his own flesh did hate, but doth nourish and cherish it, as also the Lord -- the assembly,
30 for we are members of his body.
30 because members we are of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones;
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.”
31 `for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'
32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
32 this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
33 but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.
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