Chapter 5

¹Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children; ²And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness. ³But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints: ⁴Or obscenity, or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose; but rather giving of thanks. ⁵For know you this and understand, that no fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person (which is a serving of idols), hath inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. ⁶Let no man deceive you with vain words. For because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief. ⁷Be ye not therefore partakers with them. ⁸For you were heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk then as children of the light. ⁹For the fruit of the light is in all goodness, and justice, and truth; ¹⁰Proving what is well pleasing to God: ¹¹And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. ¹²For the things that are done by them in secret, it is a shame even to speak of. ¹³But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light; for all that is made manifest is light. ¹⁴Wherefore he saith: Rise thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee. ¹⁵See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, ¹⁶But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the will of God. ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury; but be ye filled with the holy Spirit, ¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord; ²⁰Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father: ²¹Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ. ²²Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: ²³Because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church. He is the saviour of his body. ²⁴Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things. ²⁵Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and delivered himself up for it: ²⁶That he might sanctify it, cleansing it by the laver of water in the word of life: ²⁷That 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. ²⁸So also ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself. ²⁹For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, as also Christ doth the church: ³⁰Because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. ³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh. ³²This is a great sacrament; but I speak in Christ and in the church. ³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular love his wife as himself: and let the wife fear her husband.