5 Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,

² and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.

³ But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;

⁴ and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.

⁵ For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.

⁶ Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

⁷ Be not ye therefore fellow-partakers with them;

⁸ for ye were once darkness, but now light in [the] Lord; walk as children of light,

⁹ (for the fruit of the light [is] in all goodness and righteousness and truth,)

¹⁰ proving what is agreeable to the Lord;

¹¹ and do not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather also reprove [them],

¹² for the things that are done by them in secret it is shameful even to say.

¹³ But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light.

¹⁴ Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.

¹⁵ See therefore how ye walk carefully, not as unwise but as wise,

¹⁶ redeeming the time, because the days are evil.