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Chapter 5 |
| 1 | Be ye
therefore followers of God, as dear children; |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 8 | For ye were
sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 13 | But all
things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth
make manifest is light. |
| 14 | Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. |
| 15 |
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, |
| 16 |
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. |
| 17 | Wherefore be
ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. |
| 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; |
| 21
| Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of
God. |
| 22 |
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the
Lord. |
| 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. |
| 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, |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| 30 | For we
are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
