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Chapter 5

So be imitators of God,[a] as beloved children,(A) and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.(B) Immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is fitting among holy ones,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:1 Imitators of God: in forgiving (Eph 4:32) and in loving (as exhibited in how Christ loved us).

Follow God’s example,(A) therefore, as dearly loved children(B) and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(C) and gave himself up for us(D) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(E)

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(F) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(G) because these are improper for God’s holy people.

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