1So then, follow God's example, as dear children do.
2And walk in love, just as Christ also loved us. He gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God, a sweet-smelling gift.
3But sexual sin, and every kind of uncleanness, or greed, must not even be named among you. That is fitting for saints.
4There must be no filthy talk, no foolish talk, no coarse joking. These are not proper. Instead, give thanks.
5For you know this: no one who is sexually immoral, or unclean, or greedy (such a person worships idols) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of such things that the wrath of God comes on those who disobey.
7So do not take part with them.
8For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.)
10Find out what pleases the Lord.
11Have nothing to do with the fruitless works of darkness. Instead, show them up for what they are.
12For it is shameful even to speak of the things they do in secret.
13But everything that is shown up is made plain by the light, for whatever makes things plain is light.
14That is why he says, "Wake up, you who are sleeping, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light."
15So be careful how you walk. Do not live as fools, but as wise people,
16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
17So do not be foolish. Understand what the will of the Lord is.
18Do not get drunk with wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19Speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.
20Always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21Submit to one another in the fear of God.
22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. And he is the Saviour of the body.
24So, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it,
26so that he might make it holy and clean, washing it with water by the word,
27so that he might present it to himself as a glorious church, with no spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and without any flaw.
28In the same way, men ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself.
29For no one ever hated his own flesh. He feeds it and cares for it, just as the Lord does for the church.
30For we are parts of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two of them will be one flesh."
32This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33Even so, let each one of you love his wife as he loves himself. And the wife must see that she respects her husband.