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Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
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And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
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But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. |
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Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. |
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For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous ( that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. |
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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. |
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Therefore do not associate with them; |
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for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light |
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(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), |
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and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. |
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Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. |
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For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. |
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But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, |
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for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." |
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Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, |
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making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. |
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. |
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And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, |
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addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, |
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giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
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submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. |
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Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. |
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For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. |
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Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. |
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Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, |
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that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, |
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so 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. |
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In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
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For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, |
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because we are members of his body. |
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"Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." |
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This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. |
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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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