Ephesians 5

¹Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God

²And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and delivered himself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, with a fragrance of sweetness

³But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints

⁴nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks

⁵For know and understand this: no one who is a fornicator, or lustful, or rapacious (for these are a kind of service to idols) holds an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God

⁶Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief

⁷Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them

⁸For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light

⁹For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth

¹⁰affirming what is well-pleasing to God

¹¹And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them

¹²For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention

¹³But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light

¹⁴Because of this, it is said: “You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you.

¹⁵And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish

¹⁶but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time

¹⁷For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God

¹⁸And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit

¹⁹speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts

²⁰giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father

²¹Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ

²²Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body

²⁴Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her

²⁶so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life

²⁷so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate

²⁸So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself

²⁹For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church

³⁰For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones

³¹“For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.

³²This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church

³³Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband