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.
Isa 60:1,2
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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.
Gen 2:24
Matt 19:5
Mark 10:7
1 Cor 6:16
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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. |