Capítulo 5

1 - Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children

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

3 - But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

4 - Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

5 - For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person - such a person is an idolater - has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Or [kingdom of the Messiah and God]

6 - Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.

7 - Therefore do not be partners with them.

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

9 - (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

10 - and find out what pleases the Lord.

11 - Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 - It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13 - But everything exposed by the light becomes visible - and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

14 - This is why it is said: "Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

15 - Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise,

16 - making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

17 - Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

18 - Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

19 - speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

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

21 - Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 - Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

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

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

26 - to make her holy, cleansing Or [having cleansed] her by the washing with water through the word,

27 - and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

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

29 - After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church -

30 - for we are members of his body.

31 - "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 - This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33 - However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.