Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Be therefore
imitators of God, as beloved children .
Be imitators of God, therefore,
as beloved children ,
Walk in love, even
as Christ also
loved you,
and gave himself up for us ,
an
offering
and
a sacrifice
to God for
a
sweet-smelling
fragrance
.
and
walk in love, just
as Christ loved us
and gave Himself up for us as
a fragrant
sacrificial
offering
to God.
But sexual
immorality,
and
all
uncleanness,
or
covetousness,
let
it
not
even
be
mentioned
among you, as becomes
saints ;
But among you, as is
proper
among
the
saints ,
there
must
not
be
even
a
hint
of
sexual
immorality,
or
of
any
kind
of
impurity,
or
of
greed.
nor filthiness
, nor
foolish talking
, nor
jesting
, which are not
appropriate;
but rather giving
of
thanks
.
Nor should
there
be
obscenity
, foolish talk
, or
crude
joking
, which are out
of
character,
but rather thanksgiving
.
Know
this
for sure ,
that
no sexually
immoral person
, nor
unclean
person,
nor
covetous
man
, who
is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
For of
this
you
can
be
sure :
No immoral, impure
, or
greedy
person
(that
is ,
an idolater )
, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words .
For because of these
things ,
the wrath of God comes
on the children
of disobedience.
Let no one deceive you with empty words ,
for because of such
things the wrath of God is
coming
on the sons
of disobedience.
Therefore don't
be partakers with them.
Therefore do
not
be partakers with them.
For you were once darkness, but are
now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
For you were once darkness, but now you
are
light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
for the fruit of the Spirit
is
in all goodness and
righteousness and truth ,
for the fruit of the light
consists
in all goodness ,
righteousness ,
and truth .
proving
what is
well-pleasing
to
the Lord.
Test
and
prove
what pleases
the Lord.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works
of darkness, but rather even
reprove
them.
Have no fellowship with the fruitless
deeds
of darkness, but rather expose
them.
For the
things
which
are
done
by
them
in
secret,
it is a
shame
even to speak
of
.
For it is shameful
even to mention
what
the
disobedient
do
in
secret
.
But all
things,
when
they
are
reproved,
are
revealed
by the light, for everything that is revealed
is
light.
But everything
exposed
by the light becomes
visible
, for everything that is illuminated
becomes
a
light itself
.
Therefore
he
says,
"Awake
, you
who
sleep
, and
arise
from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. "
So
it
is
said:
“Wake
up
, O
sleeper
, rise
up
from the dead, and Christ will shine on you. ”
Therefore
watch
carefully
how you walk, not as unwise ,
but as wise ;
Pay
careful
attention,
then,
to
how you walk, not as unwise but as wise ,
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore don't
be foolish, but understand what the will of
the
Lord
is.
Therefore do
not
be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s
will is.
Don't
be
drunken
with
wine, in
which is
dissipation
, but
be filled with the Spirit ,
Do
not
get
drunk
on
wine, which leads
to
reckless
indiscretion.
Instead
, be filled with the Spirit .
speaking
to one another in
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs ;
singing,
and singing
praises
in your heart
to the Lord ;
Speak
to one another with
psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs .
Sing
and make
music
in your hearts
to the Lord ,
giving thanks always
concerning
all
things
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
to
God,
even
the
Father;
always
giving thanks to
God
the
Father
for
everything
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ .
subjecting
yourselves
one
to another in
the
fear
of Christ.
Submit
to one
another out
of reverence
for
Christ.
Wives, be
subject
to your own
husbands ,
as to the Lord.
Wives, submit
to your husbands as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife ,
and
Christ also
is the head of the assembly
, being
himself
the
savior
of the body
.
For the husband is the head of the wife as
Christ is the head of the church
, His
body,
of which
He
is
the Savior
.
But
as the assembly
is
subject
to Christ, so let
the
wives
also be
to their own
husbands in everything.
Now
as the church
submits
to Christ, so also wives
should
submit
to their husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives, even
as Christ also
loved the assembly,
and gave himself up for it;
Husbands, love your wives, just
as Christ loved the church
and gave Himself up for her
that
he
might
sanctify it
, having
cleansed
it
by the washing of
water
with the word,
to
sanctify her
, cleansing
her
by the washing with water
through
the word,
that
he
might
present the
assembly
to himself gloriously
, not
having
spot
or wrinkle or any such thing;
but that
it
should
be
holy and without
blemish
.
and
to
present her
to Himself as
a
glorious
church
, without
stain
or wrinkle or any such blemish,
but holy and blameless
.
Even
so
ought
husbands also
to love their own
wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own
wife loves himself.
In
the
same
way,
husbands ought
to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
For
no man
ever hated his own flesh;
but nourishes and cherishes it, even
as the
Lord
also
does the assembly;
Indeed,
no one
ever hated his own body,
but he
nourishes and cherishes it, just
as Christ
does the church.
because
we are members of his body ,
of
his
flesh
and
bones
.
For
we are members of His body.
"
For this cause
a man will leave his father and mother ,
and will
be joined
to his wife .
The two will become one flesh. "
“
For this reason
a man will leave his father and mother and be united
to his wife ,
and
the two will become one flesh. ”
This mystery is great
, but I speak
concerning
Christ and of
the assembly
.
This mystery is profound
, but I am
speaking
about
Christ and the church
.
Nevertheless each of you must
also love his own
wife even
as himself ;
and let
the wife see
that
she
respects
her husband.
Nevertheless ,
each one
of you also must
love his wife as he
loves
himself ,
and the wife must
respect
her husband.
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