Ephesians 5
Walk as Children of
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Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear
children;
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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 savor. Ex. 29.18
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But fornication, and all uncleanness,
or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh
saints;
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neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of
thanks.
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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.
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Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience.
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Be not ye therefore partakers with
them.
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For ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of
light;
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(for the fruit of the Spirit is in
all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord.
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And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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For it is a shame even to speak of those
things which are done of them in secret.
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But all things that are reproved are made
manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is
light.
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Wherefore he saith,
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Awake thou that sleepest, |
and arise from the dead, |
and Christ shall give thee
light. |
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See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise,
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redeeming the time, Col. 4.5 because the days are evil.
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Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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And be not drunk with wine, wherein is
excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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speaking to yourselves in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord;
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giving thanks always for all things unto
God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Col.
3.16, 17
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submitting yourselves one to another in
the fear of God.
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Be Subject to One
Another |
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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands, Col. 3.18 · 1.1--0.1 ; 0.3 ; 0.1--0.1 as
unto the Lord.
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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.
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Therefore as the church is subject unto
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in
every thing.
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Husbands, love your wives, Col.
3.19 · 1 Pet.
3.7 even as Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
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that he might sanctify and cleanse it
with the washing of water by the word,
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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.
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So ought men to love their wives as their
own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
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For no man ever yet hated his own flesh;
but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the
church:
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for we are members of his body, of his
flesh, and of his bones.
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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
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This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
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Nevertheless, let every one of you in
particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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