Christian Standard Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

2and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.

2and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

3But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

3But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

4Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

4and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

5For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

5For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

6Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God's wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.

6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

7Therefore, do not become their partners.

7Therefore do not be partakers with them;

8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light--

8for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

9for the fruit of the light consists of all goodness, righteousness, and truth--

9(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

10testing what is pleasing to the Lord.

10trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

11Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

12For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

12for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

13Everything exposed by the light is made visible,

13But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

14for what makes everything visible is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

14For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."

15Pay careful attention, then, to how you live--not as unwise people but as wise--

15Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

16making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

17So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

17So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18And don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:

18And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord,

19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

20giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

20always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

21submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

21and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

22Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

23because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body.

23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

24But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

26to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.

26so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

27He did this to present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

27that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

28In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

28So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

29For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

29for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,

30since we are members of his body.

30because we are members of His body.

31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

31FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

32This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

32This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

33To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

33Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.

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