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Be Imitators of God
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
Imitators of God
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.
and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.
For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
Children of Light
for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,
for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,
(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),
(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)
Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;
and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove [them],
for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.
But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.
But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.
For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”
Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,
making the most of your time, because the days are evil.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord.
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;
always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
giving thanks at all times for all things to him [who is] God and [the] Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.
Marriage Like Christ and the Church
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Wives and Husbands
Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
Wives, [submit yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body.
But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,
that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless.
So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;
So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:
because we are members of His body.
for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.
Because of this a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be united to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.
This mystery is great, but *I* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.