Walk in Love

5 Therefore^(A) be imitators of God as dear ^(B)children. ² And ^(C)walk in love, ^(D)as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^(E)for a sweet-smelling aroma.

³ But fornication and all ^(F)uncleanness or ^(G)covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ^4 (H)neither filthiness, nor ^(I)foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, ^(J)which are not fitting, but rather ^(K)giving of thanks. ⁵ For ^[a]this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any ^(L)inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Therefore do not be ^(M)partakers with them.

Walk in Light

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are ^(N)light in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹ (for ^(O)the fruit of the ^[b]Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ^10 (P)finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹ And have ^(Q)no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather ^[c]expose them. ^12 (R)For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³ But ^(S)all things that are ^[d]exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴ Therefore He says:

Walk in Wisdom

^15 (U)See then that you walk ^[e]circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ^16 (V)redeeming the time, ^(W)because the days are evil.

^17 (X)Therefore do not be unwise, but ^(Y)understand ^(Z)what the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸ And ^(AA)do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another ^(AB)in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making ^(AC)melody in your heart to the Lord, ^20 (AD)giving thanks always for all things to God the Father ^(AE)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^21 (AF)submitting to one another in the fear of ^[f]God.

Marriage—Christ and the Church^(AG)

²² Wives, ^(AH)submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. ²³ For ^(AI)the husband is head of the wife, as also ^(AJ)Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. ²⁴ Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands ^(AK)in everything.

^25 (AL)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and ^(AM)gave Himself for her, ²⁶ that He might ^[g]sanctify and cleanse her ^(AN)with the washing of water ^(AO)by the word, ^27 (AP)that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, ^(AQ)not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. ³⁰ For ^(AR)we are members of His body, ^[h]of His flesh and of His bones. ^31 (AS)“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the ^(AT)two shall become one flesh.” ³² This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. ³³ Nevertheless ^(AU)let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(AV)respects her husband.