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Ephesians 5:1-9

1BeyethereforeοὖνounG3767imitatorsμιμηταὶmimētaiG3402ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316,asbelovedἀγαπητὰagapētaG27childrenG5043;

2andwalkπεριπατεῖτεperipateiteG4043inloveἀγάπῃagapēG26,evenG2532asChristΧριστὸςChristosG5547alsoG2532lovedG25you,andgavehimselfupforus,anofferingπροσφορὰνprosphoranG4376andasacrificeθυσίανthusianG2378toGodθεῷtheōG2316foranodorofasweetsmell.

3Butfornication,andalluncleanness,orcovetousnessπλεονεξίαpleonexiaG4124,letitnotevenG2532benamedamongyou,asbecomethsaintsἁγίοιςhagioisG40;

4norfilthiness,norfoolish talking,orjesting,whicharenotbefitting:butratherμᾶλλονmallonG3123givingofthanks.

5ForthisyeknowG1097ofasurety,thatnofornicator,noruncleanἀκάθαρτοςakathartosG169person,norcovetousπλεονέκτης,pleonektēsG4123manG3778,whoisG1510anidolaterεἰδωλολάτρης,eidōlolatrēsG1496, hathanyinheritanceκληρονομίανklēronomianG2817inthekingdomβασιλείᾳbasileiaG932ofChristΧριστοῦChristouG5547andGodθεοῦ.¶theouG2316.

6LetnomanG3778deceiveyouwithemptyκενοῖςkenoisG2756wordsλόγοις·logoisG3056:forbecauseofthesethingsταῦταtautaG3778comeththewrathὀργὴorgēG3709ofGodθεοῦtheouG2316uponthesonsυἱοὺςhuiousG5207ofdisobedienceἀπειθείας.apeitheiasG543.

7BenotyethereforeοὖνounG3767partakerswiththem;

8foryewereG1510onceποτεpoteG4218darknessσκότοςskotosG4655,butareG1510nowG1161lightφῶςphōsG5457intheLordκυρίῳ·kuriōG2962:walkπεριπατεῖτε,peripateiteG4043aschildrenG5043oflightφωτὸςphōtosG5457

9(forthefruitκαρπὸςkarposG2590ofthelightφωτὸςphōtosG5457isinallgoodnessἀγαθωσύνῃagathōsunēG19andrighteousnessδικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunēG1343andtruthἀληθείᾳ,alētheiaG225),

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