1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God, into an aroma of a sweet smell. 3 But let sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness not even be named among you, as also is proper to saints, 4 and filthiness, and foolish talking, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For this you know, realizing that any fornicator, or unclean person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them. 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth— 10 discerning what is well-pleasing to the Lord. 11 And do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to mention the things being done by them in secret. 13 But everything being exposed by the light is made visible, for everything becoming visible is light. 14 Therefore it says: “Awake you, the one sleeping, and rise up out from the dead, and Christ will shine upon you.” 15 Therefore carefully take heed how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what is the Lord’s will, 18 and not to be drunk with wine in which is debauchery. Instead be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks at all times for all things in the name our Lord Jesus Christ to the God and Father. 21 Be submitting yourselves to one another in reverence of Christ: 22 wives, to the own husbands as to the Lord; 23 for the husband is head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church, He Himself Savior of the body. 24 But even as the church is subjected to Christ, so also wives to the own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love the wives just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water by the word, 27 so that He might present to Himself the church in glory, not having spot or wrinkle or any of the such things, but that it would be holy and blameless. 28 So also husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. The one loving his wife loves himself. 29 For no one at any time hated his flesh. But he nourishes and cherishes it just as Christ also does the church. 30 For we are members of His body. 31 “Because of this, a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will be into one flesh.” 32 This mystery is great; but I speak as to Christ and as to the church. 33 However, you also, every individual, let each so love his wife as himself; and the wife, that she may respect the husband.