| Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| And walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. | And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. |
| But sexual immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. | But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. |
| For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light. | For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. |
| For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. | For the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. |
| Do not participate in the useless deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. | Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. |
| So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. | Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. |
| Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 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. | Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. |
| Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. | Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word. |
| So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. | In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. |
| For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. | Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. |
| Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. | However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. |
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