Ephesians 5:15-6:9

Ephesians 5

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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

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Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

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Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

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Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

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That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

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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.

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So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

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For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

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This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Ephesians 6

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

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That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

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Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

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With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

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Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

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And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.