5:1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children
5:2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
5:3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.
5:4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
5:5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person–such a man is an idolater–has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
5:7 Therefore do not be partners with them.
5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
5:9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
5:10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
5:12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
5:13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible,
5:14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
5:15 Be very careful, then, how you live–not as unwise but as wise,
5:16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
5:20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
5:22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
5:24 Now 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 up for her
5:26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
5:27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
5:28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
5:29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ 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 be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
5:32 This is a profound mystery–but I am talking about Christ and the church.
5:33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
5:1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
5:2 And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor.
5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or greediness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints,
5:4 And obscenity and foolish talking or sly, filthy jesting, which are not becoming, but rather the giving of thanks.
5:5 For this you realize, knowing that every fornicator or unclean person or greedy person (who is an idolater) has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.
5:7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;
5:8 For you were once darkness but are now light in the Lord; walk as children of light
5:9 (For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
5:10 Proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
5:11 And do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
5:12 For the things which are done by them in secret it is shameful even to speak of.
5:13 But all things which are reproved are made manifest by the light; for everything that makes manifest is light.
5:14 Therefore He says, Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
5:15 Look therefore carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in spirit,
5:19 Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord,
5:20 Giving thanks at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our God and Father,
5:21 Being subject to one another in the fear of Christ:
5:22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands as to the Lord;
5:23 For a husband is head of the wife as also Christ is Head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the Body.
5:24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be subject to their husbands in everything.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her
5:26 That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word,
5:27 That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.
5:28 In the same way the husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his own wife loves himself.
5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also the church,
5:30 Because we are members of His Body.
5:31 For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.
5:33 Nevertheless you also, each one of you, in the same way love your own wife as yourself; and the wife should fear her husband.