V 001 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
V 002 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.
V 003 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not
be once named among you, as becometh saints;
V 004 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are
not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
V 005 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.
V 006 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
V 007 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
V 008 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
V 009 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness
and truth;)
V 010 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
V 011 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them.
V 012 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of
them in secret.
V 013 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light:
for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
V 014 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the
dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
V 015 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
V 016 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
V 017 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the
Lord is.
V 018 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with
the Spirit;
V 019 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
V 020 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
V 021 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
V 022 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
V 023 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.
V 024 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives
be to their own husbands in every thing.
V 025 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church,
and gave himself for it;
V 026 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the word,
V 027 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.
V 028 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that
loveth his wife loveth himself.
V 029 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
V 030 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
V 031 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.
V 032 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the
church.
V 033 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife
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الحياة في النور
1-
فاَقتَدوا بالله كأبناءٍ أحبّاءَ،
2-
وسِيروا في المَحبَّةِ
سِيرَةَ المَسيحِ الذي أحَبَّنا وضَحَّى بِنَفسِهِ مِنْ
أجلِنا قُربانًا وذَبيحَةً لله طَيِّبةَ الرّائِحَةِ.
3-
أمَّا
الزِّنى والفِسْقُ والفجورُ على أنواعِها فلا يَليقُ
بالقِدِّيسينَ حتى ذِكرُ أسمائِها.
4-
لا سَفاهَةَ ولا
سَخافَةَ ولا هَزلَ، فهذا لا يَليقُ بِكُم، بَلِ التَّسبيحُ
بِحَمدِ الله.
5-
فأنتُم تَعلَمونَ أنَّ الزّاني والفاسِقَ
والفاجِرَ، وهوَ عابِدُ أَوثانٍ، لا ميراثَ لَه في مَلكوتِ
المَسيحِ والله.
6-
لا يَخدَعْكُم أحدٌ بِالكلامِ الباطِلِ، لأنَّ ذلِكَ
يُسبِّبُ غَضَبَ الله على أبناءِ المَعصيَةِ.
7-
فلا تكونوا
لهُم شُركاءَ.
8-
بالأمسِ كُنتُم ظَلامًا، وأنتُمُ اليومَ
نُورٌ في الرَّبِّ. فَسيروا سِيرَةَ أبناءِ النُّورِ،
9-
فثَمَرُ النُّورِ يكونُ في كُلِّ صَلاحِ وتَقوى وحَقٍّ.
10-
فتَعَلَّموا ما يُرضي الرَّبَ،
11-
ولا تُشاركوا في أعمالِ
الظَّلامِ الباطِلَةِ، بَلِ الأَولى أنْ تَكشِفوها.
12-
فَما
يَعمَلونَهُ في الخِفيَةِ نَخجَلُ حتى مِنْ ذِكرِهِ.
13-
ولكِنْ كُلُّ ما اَنكَشَفَ ظَهَرَ في النُّورِ،
14-
وكُلُّ
ما ظهَرَ فهوَ نُورٌ. ولذلِكَ قيلَ: إنهضْ أيُّها النَّائِمُ
وقُمْ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ يُضِيءُ لكَ المَسيحُ«
15-
فاَنتَبِهوا جيِّدًا كيفَ تَسيرونَ سِيرَةَ العُقلاءِ لا
سِيرَةَ الجُهَلاءِ،
16-
واَغتَنِموا الفُرصَةَ السَّانِحَةَ، لأنَّ هذِهِ الأيَّامَ
شرًّ كُلُّها.
17-
فلا تكونوا حَمقى، بَلِ اَفهَموا ما هِيَ مَشيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.
18-
لا تَسكروا بِالخَمْرَةِ، فَفيها الخَلاعَةُ، بَلِ
اَمتَلِئوا بالرُّوحِ
19-
وتَحدَّثوا بِكلامِ المَزاميرِ والتَّسابيحِ
والأناشيدِ الرُّوحِيَّةِ. رَتِّلوا وسَبِّحوا لِلرَّبِّ
مِنْ أعماقِ قُلوبِكُم
20-
واَحمَدوا الله الآبَ حَمدًا دائِمًا على كُلِّ شيءٍ،
باَسمِ رَبِّنا يَسوعَ المَسيحِ.
النساء وأزواجهن
21-
ليَخضَعْ بَعضُكُم لِبَعضٍ بمخافةِ المَسيح.
22-
أيَّتُها النِّساءُ، اَخضَعنَ لأزواجكنَ كما تَخضَعْنَ
لِلرَّبِّ،
23-
لأنَّ الرَّجُلَ رأْسُ المرأةِ كما أنَّ المَسيحَ
رأْسُ الكنيسَةِ، وهوَ مُخلِّصُ الكنيسَةِ وهِـيَ
جَسَدُهُ.
24-
وكما تَخضَعُ الكنيسَةُ لِلمَسيحِ،
فلْتَخضَعِ النِّساءُ لأزواجهنَ في كُلِّ شيءٍ.
25-
ايُّها الرِّجالُ، أحِبُّوا نِساءَكُم مِثلَما أحَبَ
المَسيحُ الكنيسَةَ وضَحَّى بِنَفسِهِ مِنْ أجلِها،
26-
ليُقَدِّسَها ويُطَهِّرَها بِماءِ الاغتِسالِ
وبِالكَلِمةِ،
27-
حتى يَزُفَّها إلى نَفسِهِ كنيسَةً مَجيدَةً لا عَيبَ
فيها ولا تَجَعُّدَ ولا ما أشبَهَ ذلِكَ، بَل
مُقَدَّسَةً لا عَيبَ فيها.
28-
وكذلِكَ يَجبُ على الرِّجالِ أنْ يُحِبُّوا نِساءَهُم
مِثلَما يُحبُّونَ أجسادَهُم. مَنْ أحَبَ اَمرأتَهُ
أحَبَ نَفسَهُ.
29-
فما مِنْ أحدٍ يُبغِضُ جَسَدَهُ، بَل يُغذِّيهِ
ويَعتَني بِه اَعتِناءَ المَسيحِ بالكنيسَةِ.
30-
ونَحنُ أعضاءُ جَسَدِ المَسيحِ.
31- »ولذلِكَ
يَتْرُكُ الرَّجُلُ أباهُ وأُمَّهُ ويتَّحِدُ
باَمرَأتِهِ فيَصيرُ الاثنانِ جَسَدًا واحدًا«.
32- هذا السِّرُّ عَظيمٌ، وأعني بِه سِرَ المَسيحِ
والكنيسَةِ.
33- فليُحِبَ كُلُّ واحدٍ مِنكُمُ اَمرأتَهُ
مِثلَما يُحِبُّ نَفسَهُ، ولِتَحتَرِمِ المَرأةُ
زَوجَها.
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