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[1]Be ye therefore folowers of God, as deare chyldren
[2]And walke ye in loue, euen as Christe hath loued vs, and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to God
[3]But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth saintes
[4]Neither fylthynesse, neither foolyshe talkyng, neither iestyng, which are not comely: but rather, geuyng of thankes
[5]For this ye knowe, that no whoremonger, neither vncleane person, nor couetous person, which is a worshipper of images, hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe, and of God
[6]Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience
[7]Be not ye therefore companions of them
[8]For ye were sometimes darknesse: but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as chyldren of lyght
[9]For the fruite of the spirite (is) in all goodnesse, and righteousnesse, & trueth
[10]Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde
[11]And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them
[12]For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete
[13]But all thynges, when they are rebuked of the lyght, are manifest: For all that which do make manifest, is lyght
[14]Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght
[15]Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse
[16]Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll
[17]Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is
[18]And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite
[19]Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spirituall songues, syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes
[20]Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father, in ye name of our Lorde Iesus Christe
[21]Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God
[22]Wyues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde
[23]For the husbande is the head of the wyfe, euen as Christe is the head of the Church: & he is the sauiour of the bodie
[24]But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges
[25]Ye husbandes loue your wyues, euen as Christe also loued the Churche, and gaue hym selfe for it
[26]To sanctifie it, clensyng [it] in the fountayne of water in the worde
[27]To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche, not hauyng spot or wrinckle, or any such thyng: but that it should be holy, and without blame
[28]So ought men to loue their wyues, as their owne bodies. He that loueth his wyfe, loueth hym selfe
[29]For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe: but norissheth & cherissheth it, euen as the Lorde the Churche
[30]For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones
[31]For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother, and shalbe ioyned vnto his wyfe, and two shalbe made one flesshe
[32]This is a great secrete: but I speake of Christe and of the Churche
[33]Therfore euery one of you [do ye so] Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe, and [let] the wyfe reuerence her husbande
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