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1 | Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; |
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2 | 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. |
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3 | But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it
not be once named among you, as becometh saints; |
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4 | Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. |
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5 | 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. |
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6 | Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
disobedience. |
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7 | Be not ye therefore partakers with them. |
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8 | For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the
Lord: walk as children of light: |
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9 | (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth;) |
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10 | Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. |
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11 | And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them. |
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12 | For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done
of them in secret. |
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13 | But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the
light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. |
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14 | Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from
the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. |
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15 | See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
wise, |
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16 | Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
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17 | Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of
the Lord is. |
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18 | And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled
with the Spirit; |
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19 | Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; |
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20 | Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; |
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21 | Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. |
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22 | Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord. |
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23 | 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. |
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24 | Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the
wives be to their own husbands in every thing. |
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25 | Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
church, and gave himself for it; |
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26 | That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
water by the word, |
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27 | 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. |
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28 | So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself. |
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29 | For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: |
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30 | For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
bones. |
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31 | 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. |
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32 | This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church. |
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33 | Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her
husband. |
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