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Ephesians
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Ephesians 5 [Context] [Commentary] 
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Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; |
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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. |
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But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; |
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and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. |
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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. |
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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 be partakers with them; |
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for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light |
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(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), |
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trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. |
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Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; |
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for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. |
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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, "Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you."
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Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, |
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making the most of your time, because the days are evil. |
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So then 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 dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, |
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speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; |
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always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; |
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and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. |
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Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. |
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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. |
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But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. |
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, |
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so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, |
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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. |
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So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; |
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for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, |
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because we are members of His body. |
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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. |
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This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. |
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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. |
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