Imitators of God 1 AKJV Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; BSB BSB: Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2 AKJV And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell. BSB BSB: and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
3 AKJV But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; BSB BSB: 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.
4 AKJV Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. BSB BSB: Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5 AKJV For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. BSB BSB: 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.
6 AKJV Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. BSB BSB: Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
7 AKJV Be not you therefore partakers with them. BSB BSB: Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Children of Light 8 AKJV For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light: BSB BSB: For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
9 AKJV (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) BSB BSB: for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10 AKJV Proving what is acceptable to the Lord. BSB BSB: Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
11 AKJV And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. BSB BSB: Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 AKJV For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. BSB BSB: For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13 AKJV But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatever does make manifest is light. BSB BSB: But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
14 AKJV Why he says, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. BSB BSB: So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 AKJV See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, BSB BSB: Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16 AKJV Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. BSB BSB: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 AKJV Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. BSB BSB: Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 AKJV And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; BSB BSB: Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19 AKJV Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; BSB BSB: Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 AKJV Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; BSB BSB: always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wives and Husbands (Song of Solomon 1:1–17; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
21 AKJV Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. BSB BSB: Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 AKJV Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. BSB BSB: Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 AKJV For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. BSB BSB: For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
24 AKJV Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. BSB BSB: Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
26 AKJV That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, BSB BSB: to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 AKJV That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. BSB BSB: and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
28 AKJV So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. BSB BSB: In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
29 AKJV For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church: BSB BSB: Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 AKJV For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. BSB BSB: For we are members of His body.
31 AKJV For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. BSB BSB: “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
32 AKJV This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. BSB BSB: This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 AKJV Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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