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But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.

Coarse and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light—

Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead expose them.

Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—

So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

And don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit:

He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.

For no one ever hates his own flesh but provides and cares for it, just as Christ does for the church,

This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church.

Fathers, don't stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Don't work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God's will from your heart.

For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

but to remain in the flesh is more necessary for you.

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.

For it has been given to you on Christ's behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.