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Letter from Paul to the Ephesians
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Exhortations to a virtuous life. The mutual duties of man and wife, by the example of Christ and of the Church.
1°1694Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God. 2°616And 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. 3°1852But let not any kind of fornication, or impurity, or rapacity so much as be named among you, just as is worthy of the saints,† 4°nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.† 5°2113For 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.† 6°Let no one seduce you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God was sent upon the sons of unbelief.† 7°Therefore, do not choose to become participants with them.† 8°1216,1695For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.† 9°For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth,† 10°affirming what is well-pleasing to God.† 11°And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.† 12°For the things that are done by them in secret are shameful, even to mention. 13°But all things that are disputed are made manifest by the light. For all that is made manifest is light. 14°2641Because of this, it is said: “You who are sleeping: awaken, and rise up from the dead, and so shall the Christ enlighten you.”† 15°And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish, 16°672but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. 17°2826For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God. 18°And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, 19°1156,2641speaking among yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and reciting psalms to the Lord in your hearts, 20°2633,2742giving thanks always for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father. 21°1269,1642,2204Be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. 22°Wives should be submissive to their husbands, as to the Lord. 23°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.† 24°Therefore, just as the Church is subject to Christ, so also should wives be subject to their husbands in all things.† 25°757,772,796,823,1616Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the Church and handed himself over for her, 26°628,829,1228,1617so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,† 27°773,796,1426so 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.† 28°So, too, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.† 29°796For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church. 30°For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. 31°796,1602,1627“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.” 32°772,1624This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in the Church.† 33°Yet truly, each and every one of you should love his wife as himself. And a wife should fear her husband.  |
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