Be Imitators of God
1 Ephesians 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
2 Ephesians 5:2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
3 Ephesians 5:3 But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
4 Ephesians 5:4 and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
5 Ephesians 5:5 For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
7 Ephesians 5:7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;
8 Ephesians 5:8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
9 Ephesians 5:9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
10 Ephesians 5:10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Ephesians 5:11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
12 Ephesians 5:12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
13 Ephesians 5:13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
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For this reason it says,
15 Ephesians 5:15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
16 Ephesians 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
17 Ephesians 5:17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
20 Ephesians 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
21 Ephesians 5:21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Marriage Like Christ and the Church
22 Ephesians 5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
24 Ephesians 5:24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
25 Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
26 Ephesians 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
27 Ephesians 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
28 Ephesians 5:28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
29 Ephesians 5:29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
30 Ephesians 5:30 because we are members of His body.
31 Ephesians 5:31 FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
32 Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
33 Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.