Ephesians 5:1–16 · BSB
5:1
Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
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and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
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5:3
But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.
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Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
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For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
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Therefore do not be partakers with them.
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For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
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Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
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But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
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So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
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Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
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redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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