| 1 | Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. |
| 2 | And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness. |
| 3 | But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints, |
| 4 | nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks. |
| 5 | For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. |
| 6 | Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief. |
| 7 | Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them. |
| 8 | For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light. |
| 9 | For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth, |
| 10 | affirming what is well-pleasing to God. |
| 11 | And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them. |
| 12 | For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention. |
| 13 | But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light. |
| 14 | Because of this, it is said: "You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you." |
| 15 | And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish, |
| 16 | but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. |
| 17 | For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God. |
| 18 | And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, |
| 19 | speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts, |
| 20 | giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father. |
| 21 | Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. |
| 22 | Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord. |
| 23 | For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body. |
| 24 | Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things. |
| 25 | Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her, |
| 26 | so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life, |
| 27 | so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate. |
| 28 | So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
| 29 | For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church. |
| 30 | For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. |
| 31 | "For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh." |
| 32 | This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church. |
| 33 | Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband. |
