5:1 | Therefore, be* imitators of God as dearly loved children |
5:2 | and live* in love, just as Christ also loved us* and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering* to God. |
5:3 | But* among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind,* or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.* |
5:4 | Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving. |
5:5 | For you can be confident of this one thing:* that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. |
5:6 | Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.* |
5:7 | Therefore do not be partakers with them,* |
5:8 | for you were at one time darkness, but now you are* light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light – |
5:9 | for the fruit of the light* consists in* all goodness, righteousness, and truth – |
5:10 | trying to learn* what is pleasing to the Lord. |
5:11 | Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather* expose them.* |
5:12 | For the things they do* in secret are shameful even to mention. |
5:13 | But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. |
5:14 | For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says:* “Awake,* O sleeper!* Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”* |
5:15 | Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, |
5:16 | taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. |
5:17 | For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise* by understanding* what the Lord’s will is. |
5:18 | And do not get drunk with wine, which* is debauchery,* but be filled by the Spirit,* |
5:19 | speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music* in* your hearts to the Lord, |
5:20 | always giving thanks to God the Father for each other* in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, |
5:21 | and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.* |
5:22 | *Wives, submit* to your husbands as to the Lord, |
5:23 | because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church – he himself being the savior of the body. |
5:24 | But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. |
5:25 | Husbands, love your* wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her |
5:26 | to sanctify her by cleansing her* with the washing of the water by the word, |
5:27 | so that he* may present the church to himself as glorious – not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.* |
5:28 | In the same way* husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
5:29 | For no one has ever hated his own body* but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, |
5:30 | for we are members of his body.* |
5:31 | For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become* one flesh.* |
5:32 | This mystery is great – but I am actually* speaking with reference to Christ and the church. |
5:33 | Nevertheless,* each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself,* and the wife must* respect* her husband. |