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5:1 Living in God’s light

5 So imitate God like valued children would imitate their father 2 [ref]and immerse yourselves in love just as the messiah loves you all and allowed himself to suffer for us as an offering and sacrifice which is like a pleasant fragrance to God.

3 It’s fitting for dedicated believers to not even entertain thoughts of sexual immorality or impurity or greed. 4 Nor is dirty or foolish talk or crude joking fitting, but rather thankfulness. 5 You should realise that anyone who is sexually immoral or impure or is a covetous or idolatrous person won’t have an inheritance in the kingdom of the messiah and of God.

6 Don’t let anyone seduce you with empty talk, because this is exactly what will induce God’s strong anger on those who’re disobedient. 7 So don’t get caught up with them 8 because you yourselves were once in the darkness but now that you are in the master’s light, you should behave like children of light. 9 The results of this light should be goodness and doing what is right and being honest 10 as you aim to please our master. 11 Don’t join in with the works of darkness which don’t lead to positive results, but instead you all should expose them 12 because the things that unbelievers do in secret are disgraceful to even talk about. 13 But everything will eventually have the light shone on it and all these things will then be exposed. 14 That’s why it says:

You who’re asleep get up,

You who’re dead come back to life,

The messiah will shine his light on you.

15 Because of that, take great care in exactly how you’re living. Don’t live like fools, but like wise people, 16 [ref]making good use of your time, because there’s lot of evil these days. 17 So don’t be foolish, but rather strive to discover what the master wants for you.

18 And don’t get drunk on alcohol because that’s excessive. Instead, be filled with God’s spirit, 19 [ref]sharing scriptures with each other and singing hymns and songs to praise our master, 20 always expressing thanks for everything to our father God in the authority and name of our master, Yeshua the messiah. 21 And show your honour of the messiah by placing yourselves under each other’s authority.

5:2: Exo 29:18; Psa 40:6.

5:16: Col 4:5.

5:19-20: Col 3:16-17.

5 Therefore be _becoming imitators of_ the _god as beloved children, 2 and be _walking in love, as also the chosen _one /messiah loved you _all, and gave_ himself _over for us, an_offering and a_sacrifice to_ the _god into an_aroma of_a_sweet _fragrance.
3 But sexual _immorality, and all impurity, or greediness, not it _let _be _being _named among you _all, as is _befitting to _holy ones, 4 and filthiness, and foolish _talk, or crude _joking, which not was _fitting, but rather thanksgiving.
5 For/Because this be _having /_known knowing that any sexually _immoral, or unclean, or coveter, who is an_idolater, is_ not _having inheritance in the kingdom of _the chosen _one /messiah and of_god.
6 Let_ no _one _be _seducing you _all with _empty messages, because/for because _of these things the severe _anger of_ the _god is _coming on the sons of_ the _disbelief.
7 Therefore be_ not _becoming fellow-partakers with _them, 8 for/because once you _all _were darkness, but now light in the_master, be _walking as children of _light 9 (for the the_fruit of _the light is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth), 10 approving what is well _pleasing to _the master.
11 And not be _participating with _the the unfruitful works of_ the _darkness, but rather even be _rebuking them, 12 for the things secretly becoming by them, it _is shameful even to _be _speaking.
13 But all the things being _rebuked by the light is _being _revealed, because/for everything which being _revealed is light.
14 Therefore he _is _saying:
Be _raising, you sleeping, and rise _up from the dead, and the chosen _one /messiah will _be _shining _upon upon _you.
15 Therefore be _watching _out exactly how you _all _are _walking, not as unwise, but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Because _of this, not be _becoming foolish, but be _understanding what the will of _the master is.
18 And not be _being _drunk with _wine, in which is intemperance, but be _being _filled with the_spirit, 19 speaking to _themselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and singing _praises in _the heart of _you _all to _the master, 20 giving _thanks always for all things in the_name of _the master of _us, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, to_ the _god even the_father, 21 being _subjected to _one _another in reverence of_chosen _one /messiah.

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Living in God’s light

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