Ephesians 5:1-4

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Walk in Love

5 ^(A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ²And ^(B)walk in love, ^(C)as Christ loved us and ^(D)gave himself up for us, a ^(E)fragrant ^(F)offering and sacrifice to God.

³But ^(G)sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness ^(H)must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. ⁴Let there be ^(I)no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, ^(J)which are out of place, but instead ^(K)let there be thanksgiving.

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Ephesians 5:15-33

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¹⁵^(A)Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶^(B)making the best use of the time, because ^(C)the days are evil. ¹⁷Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what ^(D)the will of the Lord is. ¹⁸And ^(E)do not get drunk with wine, for that is ^(F)debauchery, but ^(G)be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹addressing one another in ^(H)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ²⁰^(I)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father ^(J)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹^(K)submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

²²^(L)Wives, ^(M)submit to your own husbands, ^(N)as to the Lord. ²³For ^(O)the husband is the head of the wife even as ^(P)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is ^(Q)himself its Savior. ²⁴Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ^(R)in everything to their husbands.

²⁵^(S)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^(T)gave himself up for her, ²⁶that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^(U)the washing of water ^(V)with the word, ²⁷so ^(W)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^(X)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.^[a] ²⁸In the same way ^(Y)husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰because ^(Z)we are members of his body. ³¹^(AA)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and ^(AB)the two shall become one flesh.” ³²This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. ³³However, ^(AC)let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she ^(AD)respects her husband.