Ephesians 5
1 So copy God’s example, as dearly loved children do.
2 Live a life shaped by love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for us as an offering and sacrifice to God, a pleasing fragrance.
3 Sexual immorality, every kind of impurity, and greed should not even be named among you, as is fitting for holy people.
4 There should be no obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, since these are out of place. Instead, give thanks.
5 Know this for certain: no sexually immoral or impure person, and no greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any share in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 Let no one mislead you with empty words. These are the things that bring God’s anger on those who refuse to obey.
7 So do not join in with them.
8 You once were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as people of the light.
9 For light produces every kind of goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10 Test what pleases the Lord.
11 Have no part in the fruitless deeds of darkness; instead, bring them to light.
12 What they do in secret is shameful even to talk about.
13 But when the light exposes anything, it becomes visible; everything made visible is light.
14 That is why he says, “Wake up, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 So pay close attention to how you live: live wisely, not foolishly.
16 Make the most of each opportunity, because the days are evil.
17 So do not be foolish; understand what the Lord wants.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music to the Lord from your hearts,
20 and always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
21 yielding to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands as you are to the Lord,
23 because a husband is head of his wife, just as Christ is head of the church, and he is the body’s Savior.
24 As the church is subject to Christ, wives should likewise be subject to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
26 so that he might make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water through the word,
27 and present the church to himself in splendor, free of stain, wrinkle, or anything like that, holy and without fault.
28 In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
29 No one has ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds it and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,
30 because we are parts of his body.
31 For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother, be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
32 This mystery is profound; I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 In any case, each of you must love his wife as himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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