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Berean Study Bible

1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.

1Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

2And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

3But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

3But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

4Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.

5For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

5For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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

6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

7Therefore do not become partners with them;

7Therefore do not be partakers with them.

8for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

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

9(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

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

10and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.

11Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.

11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,

13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

14for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

15Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

16making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

16redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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

17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

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

18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

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

19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

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

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

21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

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

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

23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.

23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

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

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

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

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

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

26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.

27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

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

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

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

29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

30because we are members of his body.

30For we are members of His body.

31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

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

32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

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

33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

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