4 And there must be
no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but
rather let there be thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure, that no
immoral, impure, or covetous personósuch a man is an idolateróhas any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these
things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7
Therefore do not be partners with them; 8 for once you were darkness, but
now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of
the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 and try
to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Do not participate in the
unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is a
shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But all things
become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that
becomes visible is light. 14 For this reason it is said,
"Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."
15 Be careful, then, how you walk, not as unwise men, but as
wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled
with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is
the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of
which he is himself the Savior. 24 As the church is subject to Christ, so
let wives also be subject to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for
her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of
water with the word, 27 that he might present the church to himself in all
her glory, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be
holy and blameless. 28 So husbands ought also to love their wives as their
own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever
hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also
does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 "For this
reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh." 32 This is a profound mystery; but I
am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of
you must also love his wife as himself, and the wife must see that she
respects her husband.
6
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2
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