Walk in Love

¹jTherefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ²And kwalk in love, las Christ loved us and mgave himself up for us, a nfragrant ooffering and sacrifice to God.

³But psexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness qmust not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. ⁴Let there be rno filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, swhich are out of place, but instead tlet there be thanksgiving. ⁵For you may be sure of this, that ueveryone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (vthat is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶wLet no one xdeceive you with empty words, for because of these things ythe wrath of God comes upon zthe sons of disobedience. ⁷Therefore ado not become partners with them; ⁸for bat one time you were cdarkness, but now you are light in the Lord. dWalk as children of light ⁹(for ethe fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), ¹⁰and ftry to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. ¹¹gTake no part in the hunfruitful iworks of darkness, but instead jexpose them. ¹²For kit is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. ¹³But when lanything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, ¹⁴for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

m“Awake, O sleeper,

and narise from the dead,

and oChrist will shine on you.”

¹⁵pLook carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶pmaking the best use of the time, because qthe days are evil. ¹⁷Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what rthe will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And sdo not get drunk with wine, for that is tdebauchery, but ube filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹addressing one another in vpsalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ²⁰wgiving thanks always and for everything to God the Father xin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ysubmitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

²²zWives, asubmit to your own husbands, bas to the Lord. ²³For cthe husband is the head of the wife even as dChrist is the head of the church, his body, and is ehimself its Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit fin everything to their husbands.

²⁵gHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and hgave himself up for her, ²⁶that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ithe washing of water jwith the word, ²⁷so kthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, lwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.1 ²⁸In the same way mhusbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰because nwe are members of his body. ³¹o“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and pthe two shall become one flesh.” ³²This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. ³³However, qlet each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she rrespects her husband.