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Therefore be imitators of God as dear children .
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And walk in love ,
as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us ,
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma .
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But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness ,
let it not even be named among you ,
as is fitting for saints ;
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neither filthiness ,
nor foolish talking ,
nor coarse jesting ,
which are not fitting ,
but rather giving of thanks .
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For this you know ,
that no fornicator ,
unclean person ,
nor covetous man ,
who is an idolater ,
has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God .
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Let no one deceive you with empty words ,
for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience .
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Therefore do not be partakers with them .
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For you were once darkness ,
but now you are light in the Lord .
Walk as children of light
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for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness ,
righteousness ,
and truth ),
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finding out what is acceptable to the Lord .
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness ,
but rather expose them .
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For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret .
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But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light ,
for whatever makes manifest is light .
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Therefore He says : "
Awake ,
you who sleep ,
Arise from the dead ,
And Christ will give you light ."
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See then that you walk circumspectly ,
not as fools but as wise ,
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redeeming the time ,
because the days are evil .
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Therefore do not be unwise ,
but understand what the will of the Lord is .
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And do not be drunk with wine ,
in which is dissipation ;
but be filled with the Spirit ,
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speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs ,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord ,
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giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
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submitting to one another in the fear of God .
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Wives ,
submit to your own husbands ,
as to the Lord .
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For the husband is head of the wife ,
as also Christ is head of the church ;
and He is the Savior of the body .
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Therefore ,
just as the church is subject to Christ ,
so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything .
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Husbands ,
love your wives ,
just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her ,
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that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word ,
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that He might present her to Himself a glorious church ,
not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing ,
but that she should be holy and without blemish .
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So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies ;
he who loves his wife loves himself .
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For no one ever hated his own flesh ,
but nourishes and cherishes it ,
just as the Lord does the church .
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For we are members of His body ,
of His flesh and of His bones .
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For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife ,
and the two shall become one flesh ."
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This is a great mystery ,
but I speak concerning Christ and the church .
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Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself ,
and let the wife see that she respects her husband .