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& Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

& and walk in love, just as Christ also loved (One early ms reads {us}) you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

Eph 5:3

& But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

Eph 5:4

& and {there must be no} filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Eph 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.

Eph 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.

Eph 5:7

& Therefore do not be partakers with them;

Eph 5:8

& for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

Eph 5:9

& (for the fruit of the Light {consists} in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

Eph 5:10

& trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

Eph 5:11

& Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

Eph 5:12

& for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

Eph 5:13

& But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

Eph 5:14

& For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."

Eph 5:15

& Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

Eph 5:16

& making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

Eph 5:17

& So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Eph 5:18

& And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Eph 5:19

& speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

Eph 5:20

& always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

Eph 5:21

& and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

Eph 5:22

& Wives, {be subject} to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Eph 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.

Eph 5:24

& But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives {ought to be} to their husbands in everything.

Eph 5:25

& Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

Eph 5:26

& so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Eph 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.

Eph 5:28

& So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

Eph 5:29

& for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also {does} the church,