1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. (太5:7; 太5:48; 路6:36; 弗4:32)2And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (创8:21; 约13:34; 羅4:25; 羅8:37; 羅14:15; 西3:14; 來7:27; 來9:14; 來10:10; 來10:12)3But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. (诗16:4; 林前6:18; 加5:19; 弗5:12)4Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. (传10:13; 羅1:28; 弗4:29; 弗5:20)5For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. (林前6:9; 西3:5)6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. (太24:4; 羅1:18; 弗2:2; 西2:8; 西3:6; 彼前1:14)7Therefore do not become partners with them; (弗3:6)8for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (赛2:5; 路16:8; 约12:35; 徒26:18; 弗2:1)9(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), (羅7:4; 加5:22)10and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. (帖前2:4; 帖前5:21)11Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. (利19:17; 羅6:21; 羅13:12; 林前5:9; 提前5:20)12For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. (弗5:3)13But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, (约3:20; 弗5:9)14for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (赛26:19; 赛51:17; 赛52:1; 赛60:1; 玛4:2; 路1:78; 羅13:11)15Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, (箴15:21; 西4:5)16making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. (传12:1; 摩5:13; 加1:4; 弗5:15; 弗6:13)17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (羅12:2; 帖前4:3; 帖前5:18)18And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, (箴20:1; 箴23:20; 箴23:31; 路1:15; 林前5:11; 多1:6; 彼前4:4)19addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, (徒16:25; 林前14:26; 西3:16; 雅5:13)20giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (约14:13; 西3:17; 帖前1:2; 帖后1:3; 來13:15)21submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. (腓2:3)
Wives and Husbands
22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. (创3:16; 弗6:5; 西3:18)23For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. (林前6:13; 林前11:3; 弗1:22)24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (西3:20; 西3:22; 多2:9)25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, (弗5:2; 弗5:28; 弗5:33; 彼前3:7)26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (约15:3; 弗6:17; 多3:5; 來6:5; 启7:14)27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[1] (歌4:7; 林后11:2; 弗1:4)28In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (弗5:25; 弗5:33)29For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,30because we are members of his body. (创2:23; 林前6:15)31“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” (创2:24; 太19:5; 可10:7; 林前6:16)32This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.33However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (弗5:25; 弗5:28; 彼前3:2; 彼前3:6)