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Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
(5:1)
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour
(5:2)
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
(5:3)
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks
(5:4)
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God
(5:5)
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience
(5:6)
Be not ye therefore partakers with them
(5:7)
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
(5:8)
(For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
(5:9)
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord
(5:10)
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them]
(5:11)
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret
(5:12)
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light
(5:13)
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
(5:14)
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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
(5:15)
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil
(5:16)
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]
(5:17)
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
(5:18)
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(5:19)
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
(5:20)
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God
(5:21)
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
(5:22)
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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body
(5:23)
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing
(5:24)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
(5:25)
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
(5:26)
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish
(5:27)
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself
(5:28)
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
(5:29)
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones
(5:30)
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh
(5:31)
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church
(5:32)
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband
(5:33)
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