Imitators of God 1 UEB Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. BSB BSB: Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
2 UEB And walk in love, as also Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 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 UEB But there must not be even a suggestion among you of sexual immorality or any kind of impurity or of greed, for these are improper for God's holy people. 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 UEB Let there be no filthiness, no foolish talk, and no crude jokes—all of which are improper. Instead there should be thanksgiving. BSB BSB: Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
5 UEB For you can be sure of this, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and 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 UEB Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the anger of God is coming upon the sons 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 UEB Therefore, do not join in with them. BSB BSB: Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Children of Light 8 UEB For you were once darkness, but now you are 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 UEB (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), BSB BSB: for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.
10 UEB and find out what is pleasing to the Lord. BSB BSB: Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
11 UEB Do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. BSB BSB: Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 UEB For it is shameful even to mention the things they do in secret. BSB BSB: For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13 UEB But when anything is illuminated by the light, it becomes visible. BSB BSB: But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
14 UEB For anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, you sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." BSB BSB: So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 UEB Look carefully how you live—not as unwise but as wise. BSB BSB: Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16 UEB Redeem the time because the days are evil. BSB BSB: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 UEB Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. BSB BSB: Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 UEB And do not get drunk with wine, for that leads to reckless behavior. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, BSB BSB: Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
19 UEB speaking to each other in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart, BSB BSB: Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
20 UEB always giving thanks for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father, 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 UEB submitting yourselves to one another in reverence for Christ. BSB BSB: Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 UEB Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord. BSB BSB: Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
23 UEB For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and Christ himself is its savior. 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 UEB But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives must submit to their husbands in everything. BSB BSB: Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
26 UEB Christ gave himself for the church so that he might make her holy, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, BSB BSB: to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 UEB so that he might present her to himself as glorious, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without fault. 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 UEB In the same way husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own 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 UEB For no one ever hated his own body, but nourishes and treats it with care, just as Christ nourishes and treats the church with care, BSB BSB: Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
30 UEB because we are members of his body. BSB BSB: For we are members of His body.
31 UEB "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become 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 UEB This hidden truth is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church. BSB BSB: This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
33 UEB Nevertheless, each of you also must love his own wife as himself, and the wife must respect 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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