1 j[ch. 4:32; Matt. 5:7, 48; Luke 6:36] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 AndkRom. 14:15; [Col. 3:14]; See John 13:34 walk in love,lSee Rom. 8:37 as Christ loved us andmSee Rom. 4:25 gave himself up for us, anSee Gen. 8:21 fragrantoHeb. 7:27; 9:14; 10:10, 12 offering and sacrifice to God.
3 Butp1 Cor. 6:18; See Gal. 5:19 sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousnessq[ver. 12; Ps. 16:4] must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
4 Let there berch. 4:29; [Eccles. 10:13] no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking,s[Rom. 1:28] which are out of place, but insteadtver. 20 let there be thanksgiving.
5 For you may be sure of this, thatuSee 1 Cor. 6:9 everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (vCol. 3:5 that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
6 wSee Matt. 24:4 Let no onexCol. 2:8 deceive you with empty words, for because of these thingsyRom. 1:18; Col. 3:6 the wrath of God comes uponzch. 2:2; [1 Pet. 1:14] the sons of disobedience.
7 Thereforeach. 3:6 do not associate with them;
8 forbSee ch. 2:1, 2 at one time you werecSee Acts 26:18 darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.dIsa. 2:5; See Luke 16:8; John 12:35, 36 Walk as children of light
9 (fore[Gal. 5:22]; See Rom. 7:4 the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
10 andf1 Thess. 2:4; 5:21 try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 gSee 1 Cor. 5:9 Take no part in thehRom. 6:21 unfruitfuliRom. 13:12 works of darkness, but insteadjLev. 19:17; 1 Tim. 5:20 expose them.
12 Fork[ver. 3] it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.
13 But whenlJohn 3:20, 21; [ver. 9] anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible,
14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
m[Isa. 51:17; 52:1; 60:1; Mal. 4:2]; See Rom. 13:11 “Awake, O sleeper,
andnIsa. 26:19 arise from the dead,
andoLuke 1:78, 79 Christ will shine on you. ”
15 pCol. 4:5; [Prov. 15:21] Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 p[See ver. 15 above] making the best use of the time, becauseqch. 6:13; Eccles. 12:1; Amos 5:13; Gal. 1:4 the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand whatrRom. 12:2; 1 Thess. 4:3; 5:18 the will of the Lord is. 18 AndsProv. 20:1; 23:20, 31; 1 Cor. 5:11 do not get drunk with wine, for that istTitus 1:6; 1 Pet. 4:4 debauchery, butu[Luke 1:15] be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another invActs 16:25; 1 Cor. 14:26; Col. 3:16; James 5:13 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, 20 wCol. 3:17; 1 Thess. 1:2; 2 Thess. 1:3 giving thanks always and for everything to God the FatherxHeb. 13:15; [John 14:13] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 y[Phil. 2:3] submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 zFor ch. 5:22–6:9, see Col. 3:18–4:1 Wives,aSee Gen. 3:16 submit to your own husbands,b[ch. 6:5] as to the Lord. 23 Forc1 Cor. 11:3 the husband is the head of the wife even asdSee ch. 1:22, 23 Christ is the head of the church, his body, and ise[1 Cor. 6:13] himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submitf[Col. 3:20, 22; Titus 2:9] in everything to their husbands.
25 gver. 28, 33; [1 Pet. 3:7] Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church andhver. 2 gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her byiTitus 3:5; [Rev. 7:14] the washing of waterjch. 6:17; Heb. 6:5; See John 15:3 with the word, 27 sok2 Cor. 11:2; See ch. 1:4 that he might present the church to himself in splendor,lSong 4:7 without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.1Or holy and blameless 28 In the same waymver. 25, 33 husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 becausen[Gen. 2:23]; See 1 Cor. 6:15 we are members of his body. 31 oMatt. 19:5; Mark 10:7, 8; Cited from Gen. 2:24 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, andp1 Cor. 6:16 the two shall become one flesh. ” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However,qver. 25, 28 let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that sher1 Pet. 3:2, 6 respects her husband.