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Ephesians Chapter 5

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Ephesians

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In this chapter Paul gives instructions for marriage and sexual behavior, urging husbands to love their wives and wives to respect their husbands, and both to be united in love. He also addresses the relationship between believers, emphasizing mutual respect, love, and the importance of unity within the church.

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(1) Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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Ephesians 4:32Leviticus 11:45Matthew 5:45Matthew 5:48Luke 6:35Luke 6:36I Peter 1:15I Peter 1:16I John 4:11Jeremiah 31:20Hosea 1:10John 1:12

(2) And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
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Ephesians 3:17Ephesians 4:2Ephesians 4:15John 13:34Romans 14:16I Corinthians 16:14Colossians 3:14I Thessalonians 4:9I Timothy 4:12I Peter 4:8I John 3:11I John 3:12

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Luke 6:32II John 1:6I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2John 13:34John 15:9

(3) But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
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Ephesians 5:5Ephesians 4:19Ephesians 4:20Numbers 25:1Deuteronomy 23:17Deuteronomy 23:18Matthew 15:19Mark 7:21Acts 15:20Romans 1:29Romans 6:13I Corinthians 5:10

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I Corinthians 5:1Colossians 3:5

(4) Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
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Ephesians 4:29Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 15:2Ecclesiastes 10:13Matthew 12:34Matthew 12:35Matthew 12:36Matthew 12:37Mark 7:22Colossians 3:8James 3:4James 3:5

(5) For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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I Corinthians 6:9I Corinthians 6:10Galatians 5:19Galatians 5:21Ephesians 5:3Hebrews 13:4Colossians 3:5I Timothy 6:10I Timothy 6:17Revelation 21:8Revelation 22:15

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Leviticus 5:2Numbers 33:54Numbers 36:3Numbers 36:4Numbers 19:22Numbers 26:54

(6) Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
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Jeremiah 29:8Jeremiah 29:9Jeremiah 29:31Ezekiel 13:10Ezekiel 13:11Ezekiel 13:12Ezekiel 13:13Ezekiel 13:14Ezekiel 13:15Ezekiel 13:16Micah 3:5Matthew 24:4

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Proverbs 1:27Colossians 3:6

(7) Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
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Ephesians 5:11Numbers 16:26Psalms 50:18Proverbs 1:10Proverbs 1:11Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 1:13Proverbs 1:14Proverbs 1:15Proverbs 1:16Proverbs 1:17Proverbs 9:6

(8) For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
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Ephesians 2:11Ephesians 2:12Ephesians 4:18Ephesians 6:12Psalms 74:20Isaiah 9:2Isaiah 42:16Isaiah 60:2Jeremiah 13:16Matthew 4:16Luke 1:79Acts 17:30

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Isaiah 30:26John 12:35Isaiah 5:20John 8:12Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36

(9) (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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Galatians 5:22Galatians 5:23Psalms 16:2Psalms 16:3Romans 2:4Romans 15:14I Peter 2:25III John 1:11Philippians 1:11I Timothy 6:11Hebrews 1:8Hebrews 11:33

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Hosea 10:1Matthew 12:33

(10) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
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I Samuel 17:39Romans 12:1Romans 12:2Philippians 1:10I Thessalonians 5:21Psalms 19:14Proverbs 21:3Isaiah 58:5Jeremiah 6:20Romans 14:18Philippians 4:18I Timothy 2:3

(11) And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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Ephesians 5:7Genesis 49:5Genesis 49:6Genesis 49:7Psalms 1:1Psalms 1:2Psalms 26:4Psalms 26:5Psalms 94:20Psalms 94:21Proverbs 4:14Proverbs 4:15

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Job 10:22Matthew 6:23I John 2:11Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18

(12) For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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Ephesians 5:3Romans 1:24Romans 1:25Romans 1:26Romans 1:27I Peter 4:3II Samuel 12:12Proverbs 9:17Ecclesiastes 12:14Jeremiah 23:24Luke 12:1Luke 12:2

(13) But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
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Lamentations 2:14Hosea 2:10Hosea 7:1Micah 7:9John 3:20John 3:21I Corinthians 4:5Hebrews 1:13

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Isaiah 30:26Luke 11:36Isaiah 60:19John 12:36Philippians 4:8John 3:20

(14) Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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Isaiah 51:17Isaiah 52:1Isaiah 60:1Romans 13:11Romans 13:12I Corinthians 15:34I Thessalonians 5:6II Timothy 2:26Ephesians 2:5Isaiah 26:19Ezekiel 37:4Ezekiel 37:5

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Judges 5:12Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Psalms 44:23

(15) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Ephesians 5:33Matthew 8:4Matthew 27:4Matthew 27:24I Thessalonians 5:15Hebrews 12:25I Peter 1:22Revelation 19:10Exodus 23:13Matthew 10:16I Corinthians 14:20Philippians 1:27

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Proverbs 13:20Isaiah 19:11

(16) Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10Romans 13:11Galatians 6:10Colossians 4:5Ephesians 6:13Ephesians 6:15Psalms 37:19Ecclesiastes 11:2Ecclesiastes 12:1Amos 5:13John 12:35Acts 11:28

(17) Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
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Ephesians 5:15Colossians 4:5Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:10I Kings 3:11I Kings 3:12Job 28:28Psalms 111:10Psalms 119:27Proverbs 2:5Proverbs 14:8

(18) And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
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Genesis 9:21Genesis 19:32Genesis 19:33Genesis 19:34Genesis 19:35Deuteronomy 21:20Psalms 69:12Proverbs 20:1Proverbs 23:20Proverbs 23:21Proverbs 23:29Proverbs 23:30

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Jeremiah 13:12Mark 2:22Nehemiah 13:15Matthew 9:17John 2:10

(19) Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
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Acts 16:25I Corinthians 14:26Colossians 3:16James 5:13Psalms 95:2Psalms 105:2Matthew 26:30Psalms 47:7Psalms 47:8Psalms 62:8Psalms 86:12Psalms 105:3

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Colossians 3:16Isaiah 8:9

(20) Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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Ephesians 5:4Job 1:21Psalms 34:1Isaiah 63:7Acts 5:41I Corinthians 1:4Philippians 1:3Philippians 4:6Colossians 1:11Colossians 1:12Colossians 3:17I Thessalonians 3:9

(21) Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Ephesians 5:22Ephesians 5:24Genesis 16:9I Chronicles 29:24Romans 13:1Romans 13:2Romans 13:3Romans 13:4Romans 13:5I Corinthians 16:16Philippians 2:3I Timothy 2:11

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Isaiah 8:9

(22) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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Ephesians 5:24Genesis 3:16Esther 1:16Esther 1:17Esther 1:18Esther 1:20I Corinthians 14:34Colossians 3:18Colossians 3:19Colossians 3:20Colossians 3:21Colossians 3:22

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Colossians 3:18Jeremiah 29:6I Peter 3:1Isaiah 8:9

(23) For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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I Corinthians 11:3I Corinthians 11:4I Corinthians 11:5I Corinthians 11:6I Corinthians 11:7I Corinthians 11:8I Corinthians 11:9I Corinthians 11:10Ephesians 1:22Ephesians 1:23Ephesians 4:15Colossians 1:18

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Romans 7:2I Corinthians 7:4I Corinthians 15:44Luke 11:34I Corinthians 12:12

(24) Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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Ephesians 5:33Exodus 23:13Exodus 29:35Colossians 3:20Colossians 3:22Titus 2:7Titus 2:9

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Jeremiah 29:6Ephesians 5:25I Peter 3:1

(25) Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Ephesians 5:28Genesis 2:24Genesis 24:67II Samuel 12:3Proverbs 5:18Proverbs 5:19Colossians 3:19I Peter 3:7Ephesians 5:2Matthew 20:28Luke 22:19Luke 22:20

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Luke 6:32II Chronicles 11:21Jeremiah 29:6Ephesians 5:24Colossians 3:19I Peter 3:1

(26) That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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John 17:17John 17:18John 17:19Acts 26:18I Corinthians 6:11Titus 2:14Hebrews 9:14Hebrews 10:10I Peter 1:2Jude 1:1Ezekiel 16:9Ezekiel 36:25

(27) That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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II Corinthians 4:14II Corinthians 11:2Colossians 1:22Colossians 1:28Jude 1:24Psalms 45:13Psalms 87:3Isaiah 60:15Isaiah 60:16Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 60:18Isaiah 60:19

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Numbers 6:14

(28) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
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Ephesians 5:31Ephesians 5:33Genesis 2:21Genesis 2:22Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Matthew 19:5

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John 14:21Luke 6:32I John 4:7I John 4:20Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 17:19

(29) For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
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Ephesians 5:31Proverbs 11:17Ecclesiastes 4:5Romans 1:31Isaiah 40:11Ezekiel 34:14Ezekiel 34:15Ezekiel 34:27Matthew 23:37John 6:50John 6:51John 6:52

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Deuteronomy 21:15

(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.
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Genesis 2:24Matthew 19:5Mark 10:7Mark 10:8I Corinthians 6:16

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Luke 12:53

(32) This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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Ephesians 6:19Colossians 2:2I Timothy 3:8I Timothy 3:16Psalms 45:9Psalms 45:10Psalms 45:11Psalms 45:12Psalms 45:13Psalms 45:14Psalms 45:15Psalms 45:16

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19

(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.
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Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 5:28Ephesians 5:29Colossians 3:19I Peter 3:7Ephesians 5:22I Kings 1:31Esther 1:20Hebrews 12:9I Peter 3:2I Peter 3:3I Peter 3:4

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Romans 7:2Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

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