1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;

2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us

ℵBA ⟨you⟩

, and hath given himself for us

B ⟨you⟩

an offering and a sacrifice

ℵ ⟨a sacrifice and an offering⟩

to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For

ℵ* omit

this ye know

ℵBA ⟨know this assuredly⟩

, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit

ℵBA ⟨light⟩

is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

15 See then

A ⟨See then, brethren,⟩; ℵB ⟨Look diligently therefore,⟩

that ye walk circumspectly

ℵB ⟨how ye walk⟩

, not as fools, but as wise,

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding

ℵBA ⟨understand⟩

what the will

ℵ ⟨mind⟩

of the Lord

B ⟨our Lord⟩; A ⟨God⟩

is.

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

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual

B omit

songs, singing

A ⟨singing with grace⟩

and making melody in your heart

A ⟨hearts⟩

to the Lord;

20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our

ℵ ⟨the⟩

Lord Jesus Christ

B ⟨Christ Jesus⟩

;

21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God

ℵBA ⟨Christ⟩

.

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your

ℵA ⟨Let the wives submit themselves unto their⟩; B ⟨Wives, unto your⟩

own husbands, as unto the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is

ℵBA ⟨is⟩

the head of the church: and he is

ℵBA ⟨and he is⟩

the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own

ℵB omit

husbands in every thing.

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

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

27 That he might present it

ℵBA omit

to himself

ℵ ⟨him⟩

a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought

A ⟨ought also⟩

men to love their wives as their own bodies

ℵ ⟨children⟩

. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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

ℵBA ⟨Christ⟩

the church:

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

ℵBA omit

.

31 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.

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

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