Ephesians 5:1 (BSB)
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

Ephesians 5:2 (BSB)
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Ephesians 5:3 (BSB)
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Ephesians 5:4 (BSB)
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:5 (BSB)
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:6 (BSB)
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Ephesians 5:7 (BSB)
Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Ephesians 5:8 (BSB)
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Ephesians 5:9 (BSB)
for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Ephesians 5:10 (BSB)
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:11 (BSB)
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Ephesians 5:12 (BSB)
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

Ephesians 5:13 (BSB)
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

Ephesians 5:14 (BSB)
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Ephesians 5:15 (BSB)
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

Ephesians 5:16 (BSB)
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:17 (BSB)
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Ephesians 5:18 (BSB)
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:19 (BSB)
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

Ephesians 5:20 (BSB)
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 5:21 (BSB)
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Ephesians 5:22 (BSB)
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:23 (BSB)
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.

Ephesians 5:24 (BSB)
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:25 (BSB)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Ephesians 5:26 (BSB)
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

Ephesians 5:27 (BSB)
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

Ephesians 5:28 (BSB)
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Ephesians 5:29 (BSB)
Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

Ephesians 5:30 (BSB)
For we are members of His body.

Ephesians 5:31 (BSB)
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:32 (BSB)
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

Ephesians 5:33 (BSB)
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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