Ephesians 5:1–16

Walk in Love

5Therefore ^abe imitators of God as dear ^bchildren. ²And ^cwalk in love, ^das Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God ^efor a sweet-smelling aroma.

³But fornication and all ^funcleanness or ^gcovetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; ^4hneither filthiness, nor ⁱfoolish talking, nor coarse jesting, ^jwhich are not fitting, but rather ^kgiving of thanks. ⁵For ¹this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any ^linheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷Therefore do not be ^mpartakers with them.

Walk in Light

⁸For you were once darkness, but now you are ⁿlight in the Lord. Walk as children of light ⁹(for ^othe fruit of the ²Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), ^10pfinding out what is acceptable to the Lord. ¹¹And have ^qno fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather ³expose them. ^12rFor it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. ¹³But ^sall things that are ⁴exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. ¹⁴Therefore He says:

^t“Awake, you who sleep,

Arise from the dead,

And Christ will give you light.”

Walk in Wisdom

^15uSee then that you walk ⁵circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, ^16vredeeming the time, ^wbecause the days are evil.