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Imitators of God
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Living in the Light
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
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 fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people.
and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.
Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes — these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to 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.
You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.
Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;
Don’t participate in the things these people do.
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 once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
(for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)
For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.
and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove [them],
Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.
for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.
It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret.
But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.
But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them,
Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,
“Awake, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”
“Awake, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”
See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,
Living by the Spirit’s Power
So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise.
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.
For this reason be not foolish, but understanding what [is] the will of the Lord.
Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.
And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,
Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;
singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts.
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 give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
submitting yourselves to one another in [the] fear of Christ.
Spirit-Guided Relationships: Wives and Husbands
And further, submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
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 wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ [is] head of the assembly. *He* [is] Saviour of the body.
For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly, and has delivered himself up for it,
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her
in order that he might sanctify it, purifying [it] by the washing of water by [the] word,
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.
He did this to present her to himself as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault.
So ought men also to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loves his own wife loves himself.
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself.
For no one has ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as also the Christ the assembly:
No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ cares for the church.
for we are members of his body; [we are of his flesh, and of his bones.]
And we are members of his body.
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* speak as to Christ, and as to the assembly.
This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.