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¹ Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones;² and walke ye in loue, as Crist louyde vs, and yaf hym silf for vs an offryng and a sacrifice to God, in to the odour of swetnesse.

³ And fornycacioun, and al vnclennesse, or aueryce, be not named among you, as it bicometh holi men;⁴ ethir filthe, or foli speche, or harlatrye, that perteyneth not to profit, but more doyng of thankyngis.⁵ For wite ye this, and vndurstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the kingdom of Crist and of God.⁶ No man disseyue you bi veyn wordis; for whi for these thingis the wraththe of God cam on the sones of vnbileue.⁷ Therfor nyle ye be maad parteneris of hem.⁸ For ye weren sum tyme derknessis, but now `ye ben liyt in the Lord. Walke ye as the sones of liyt.<sup>9</sup> For the fruyt of liyt is in al goodnesse, and riytwisnesse, and treuthe.<sup>10</sup> And preue ye what `thing is wel plesynge to God.¹¹ And nyle ye comyne to vnfruytouse werkis of derknessis; but more repreue ye.¹² For what thingis ben don of hem in priuy, it is foule, yhe, to speke.¹³ And alle thingis that ben repreuyd of the liyt, ben opynli schewid; for al thing that is schewid, is liyt.¹⁴ For which thing he seith, Rise thou that slepist, and rise vp fro deth, and Crist schal liytne thee.¹⁵ Therfor, britheren, se ye, hou warli ye schulen go;¹⁶ not as vnwise men, but as wise men, ayenbiynge tyme, for the daies ben yuele.¹⁷ Therfor nyle ye be maad vnwise, but vndurstondynge which is the wille of God.¹⁸ And nyle ye be drunkun of wyn, in which is letcherie, but be ye fillid with the Hooli Goost; and speke ye to you silf in salmes,¹⁹ and ymnes, and spiritual songis, syngynge and seiynge salm in youre hertis to the Lord;²⁰ euermore doynge thankingis for alle thingis in the name of oure Lord Jhesu Crist to God and to the fadir.

²¹ Be ye suget togidere in the drede of Crist.²² Wymmen, be thei suget to her hosebondis,²³ as to the Lord, for the man is heed of the wymman, as Crist is heed of the chirche; he is sauyour of his bodi.²⁴ But as the chirche is suget to Crist, so wymmen to her hosebondis in alle thingis.²⁵ Men, loue ye youre wyues, as Crist louyde the chirche, and yaf hym silf for it, to make it holi;²⁶ and clenside it with the waisching of watir, in the word of lijf,²⁷ to yyue the chirche gloriouse to hym silf, that it hadde no wem, ne ryueling, or ony siche thing, but that it be hooli and vndefoulid.²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;²⁹ for no man hatide euere his owne fleisch, but nurischith and fostrith it, as Crist doith the chirche.³⁰ And we ben membris of his bodi, of his fleisch, and of his boonys.³¹ For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.³² This sacrament is greet; yhe, Y seie in Crist, and in the chirche.³³ Netheles ye alle, ech man loue his wijf as hym silf; and the wijf drede hir hosebonde.