bible_study/Bible/Ephesians/Eph 5.md

## Be Imitators of God 

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Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, 

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

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

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_nor_ filthiness and foolish talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. 

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For this you know with certainty, that no one sexually immoral or impure or greedy, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 

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

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Therefore do not be partakers with them, 

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

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(for the fruit of that light _consists_ in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 

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trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 

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And do not participate in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even expose them. 

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

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

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

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Therefore look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 

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redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 

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On account of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 

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

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

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

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and being subject to one another in the fear of Christ. 

## Wives and Husbands 

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Wives, _be subject_ to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 

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For 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. 

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But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives _ought to be_ to their husbands in everything. 

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

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

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that 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. 

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

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

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because we are members of His body. 

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

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

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Nevertheless, 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.