5:1  Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

5:2  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.

5:3  But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;

5:4  and {there must be no} filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

5:5  For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

5:6  Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

5:7  Therefore do not be partakers with them;

5:8  for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light

5:9  (for the fruit of the Light {consists} in all goodness and righteousness and truth),

5:10  trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

5:11  Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them;

5:12  for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.

5:13  But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light.

5:14  For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you."

5:15  Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,

5:16  making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

5:17  So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

5:18  And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

5:19  speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;

5:20  always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;

5:21  and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.

5:22  Wives, {be subject} to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

5:23  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.

5:24  But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives {ought to be} to their husbands in everything.

5:25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

5:26  so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

5:27  that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

5:28  So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

5:29  for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also {does} the church,

5:30  because we are members of His body.

5:31  FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.

5:32  This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

5:33  Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must {see to it} that she respects her husband.