1<\/sup>Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>And 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>For 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth,<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>affirming what is well-pleasing to God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Because of this, it is said: “You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish,<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts,<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her,<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>so 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.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>“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.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.<\/span> <\/p>\n