| 1 | Be ye therefore followers of God , as dear children ; |
| 2 | And walk in love , as Christ also hath loved us , and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour . |
| 3 | But fornication , and all uncleanness , or covetousness , let it not be once named among you , as becometh saints ; |
| 4 | Neither filthiness , nor foolish talking , nor jesting , which are not convenient : but rather giving of thanks . |
| 5 | For this ye know , that no whoremonger , nor unclean person , nor covetous man , who is an idolater , hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God . |
| 6 | Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience . |
| 7 | Be not ye therefore partakers with them . |
| 8 | For ye were sometimes darkness , but now [are ye] light in the Lord : walk as children of light : |
| 9 | (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth ;) |
| 10 | Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord . |
| 11 | And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness , but rather reprove [them]. |
| 12 | For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret . |
| 13 | But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light : for whatsoever doth make manifest is light . |
| 14 | Wherefore he saith , Awake thou that sleepest , and arise from the dead , and Christ shall give thee light . |
| 15 | See then that ye walk circumspectly , not as fools , but as wise , |
| 16 | Redeeming the time , because the days are evil . |
| 17 | Wherefore be ye not unwise , but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]. |
| 18 | And be not drunk with wine , wherein is excess ; but be filled with the Spirit ; |
| 19 | Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs , singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord ; |
| 20 | Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; |
| 21 | Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God . |
| 22 | Wives , submit yourselves unto your own husbands , as unto the Lord . |
| 23 | For the husband is the head of the wife , even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body . |
| 24 | Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ , so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing . |
| 25 | Husbands , love your wives , even as Christ also loved the church , and gave himself for it ; |
| 26 | That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word , |
| 27 | That he might present it to himself a glorious church , not having spot , or wrinkle , or any such thing ; but that it should be holy and without blemish . |
| 28 | So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies . He that loveth his wife loveth himself . |
| 29 | For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it , even as the Lord the church : |
| 30 | For we are members of his body , of his flesh , and of his bones . |
| 31 | For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother , and shall be joined unto his wife , and they two shall be one flesh . |
| 32 | This is a great mystery : but I speak concerning Christ and the church . |
| 33 | Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself ; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband . |
