Ephesians 5

1So be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,

2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

3But sexual immorality and any kind of impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

4Neither should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of place, but instead thanksgiving.

5For you can be sure of this: no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person—that is, an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on those who are disobedient.

7So do not be partners with them.

8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

9for the fruit of the light is found in all goodness and righteousness and truth,

10and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

11Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

12For it is shameful even to speak of the things they do in secret.

13But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.

14That is why it says, “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

15So be very careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise,

16making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

17So do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18And do not get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled with the Spirit,

19speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making music to the Lord with your heart,

20always giving thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, himself the Savior of the body.

24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her,

26to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water with the word,

27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and blameless.

28In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

30because we are members of his body.

31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

32This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

33Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his wife as himself, and the wife must see that she respects her husband.