Ephesians 5:1-13 ▼

1 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dearly beloved children;

2 And walk ye in love, as also Christ loved us, and gave himself for us a gift and sacrifice to God for a smell of sweet odor.

3 And fornication, and all uncleanness, or overreaching, let it not be named with you, as becomes the holy;

4 And obscenity, and silly discourse, or wit, which things concern not; but rather thankfulness.

5 For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let none lead you astray with vain words: for by these things comes the anger of God upon the sons of disobedience.

7 Be ye not therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were then darkness, and now light in the Lord: walk ye as children of light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit in all goodness and justice and truth;)

10 Trying what is pleasing to the Lord.

11 And participate not with the unfruitful works of darkness, and rather also confute.

12 For the things done secretly by them it is also shameful to speak.

13 And all things refuted, by light are made manifest: for everything made manifest is light.