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Walk in love
1 Γίνεσθε οὖν μιμηταὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὡς τέκνα ἀγαπητά, 2 καὶ περιπατεῖτε ἐν ἀγάπῃ, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, προσφορὰν καὶ θυσίαν τῷ Θεῷ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας. 3 Πορνεία δὲ καὶ πᾶσα ἀκαθαρσία* πασα ακαθαρσια f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ¦ 1 [1%] ἢ † η rell ¦ και [10%] πλεονεξία μηδὲ ὀνομαζέσθω ἐν ὑμῖν (καθὼς πρέπει ἁγίοις)· 4 καὶ αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία (τὰ οὐκ ἀνήκοντα),‡ τα ουκ ανηκοντα f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ α 2 ανηκεν 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εὐχαριστία. 5 Τοῦτο γάρ ἴστε§ ιστε f35 𝕻46ℵA,B [30%] NU ¦ εστε [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP γινώσκοντες ὅτι· πᾶς πόρνος ἢ ἀκάθαρτος ἢ πλεονέκτης (ὅς* ος f35 A [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο 𝕻46ℵB [4%] NU ἐστιν εἰδωλολάτρης), οὐκ ἔχει κληρονομίαν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ. 6 Μηδεὶς ὑμᾶς ἀπατάτω κενοῖς λόγοις, διὰ ταῦτα γὰρ ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας. 7 Μὴ οὖν γίνεσθε συμμέτοχοι αὐτῶν 8 —ἦτε γάρ ποτε σκότος, νῦν δὲ φῶς ἐν Κυρίῳ.
Walk in light
Ὡς τέκνα φωτὸς περιπατεῖτε 9 (ὁ γὰρ καρπὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος† πνευματος f35 𝕻46 (94.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ φωτος 𝕻49ℵA,B,I (5.3%) NU ¦ three other variants (0.5%) ἐν πάσῃ ἀγαθωσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ), 10 δοκιμάζοντες τί ἐστιν εὐάρεστον τῷ Κυρίῳ. 11 Καὶ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖτε τοῖς ἔργοις τοῖς ἀκάρποις τοῦ σκότους, μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ἐλέγχετε. 12 (Τὰ γὰρ κρυφῆ γινόμενα ὑπ᾿ αὐτῶν αἰσχρόν ἐστιν καὶ λέγειν.) 13 Τὰ δὲ πάντα, ἐλεγχόμενα, ὑπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς φανεροῦται, πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν. 14 Διὸ λέγει· «Ἔγειραι,‡ εγειραι f35 [80%] TR,CP ¦ εγειρε 𝕻46ℵA,B [20%] RP,HF,OC,NU ὁ καθεύδων, καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ Χριστός.»
Walk in wisdom
15 Βλέπετε οὖν πῶς ἀκριβῶς§ πως ακριβως f35 (A) [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU περιπατεῖτε, μὴ ὡς ἄσοφοι ἀλλ᾿ ὡς σοφοί, 16 ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τὸν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσιν. 17 Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ γίνεσθε ἄφρονες, ἀλλὰ συνιέντες* συνιεντες f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ συνιετε 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ¦ συνιοντες [1%] τί τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Κυρίου. 18 Καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία· ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν Πνεύματι, 19 λαλοῦντες ἑαυτοῖς† εαυτοις f35 ℵA [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν 𝕻46B [2%] [NU] ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς, ᾄδοντες καὶ ψάλλοντες ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ‡ ψαλλοντες εν τη καρδια f35 (86.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 234 (7.8%) ¦ 134 𝕻46ℵB (0.8%) NU ¦ 12 ταις καρδιαις A (4.5%) ¦ two other variants (0.3%) ὑμῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ· 20 εὐχαριστοῦντες πάντοτε ὑπὲρ πάντων, ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρί, 21 ὑποτασσόμενοι ἀλλήλοις ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ.§ θεου f35 [70%] TR ¦ χριστου 𝕻46ℵA,B [30%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ιησου χριστου [0.5%] ¦ one other reading
Relationships within the home
About wives
22 Αἱ γυναῖκες, τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν ὑποτάσσεσθε,* υποτασσεσθε f35 (86.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υποτασσεσθαι (3.5%) ¦ υποτασσεσθωσαν ℵA,I (9.1%) ¦ υποτασσεσθω (0.7%) ¦ — 𝕻46B (alone) NU ¦ one other variant (0.2%) ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ, 23 ὅτι† οτι f35 𝕻46ℵA,B [85%] RP,HF,CP,NU ¦ 1 ο [15%] OC,TR (OC is in small print.) ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς ὡς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς Κεφαλὴ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας—καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν‡ και αυτος εστιν f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 2 𝕻46ℵA,B,Iv,048 [3%] NU Σωτὴρ τοῦ σώματος. 24 Ἀλλ᾿§ αλλ rell ¦ αλλα B [1%] NU ὥσπερ* ωσπερ f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ως ℵA [3%] NU ¦ οτι 𝕻46 [1%] ¦ — B [1%] ἡ Ἐκκλησία ὑποτάσσεται τῷ Χριστῷ, οὕτως καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες τοῖς ἰδίοις† ιδιοις f35 A [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻46ℵB [2%] NU ἀνδράσιν ἐν παντί.
About husbands
25 Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν‡ εαυτων f35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,048 [2%] NU ¦ one other reading καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς, 26 ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ, καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος· ἐν ῥήματι, 27 ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὴν§ αυτην f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυτος 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ἑαυτῷ—ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν—μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ᾿ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος. 28 Οὕτως ὀφείλουσιν οἱ ἄνδρες* οφειλουσιν οι ανδρες f35 ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και 23 𝕻46B [3%] [NU] ¦ ~ και 231 A,048v [2%] ἀγαπᾶν τὰς ἑαυτῶν γυναῖκας ὡς τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα· ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα ἑαυτὸν ἀγαπᾷ. 29 Οὐδεὶς γάρ ποτε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα ἐμίσησεν· ἀλλὰ† αλλα f35 A,B [60%] CP,NU ¦ αλλ ℵ [40%] RP,HF,OC,TR ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει αὐτήν, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Κύριος‡ κυριος f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστος 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 [20%] NU τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν 30 —ὅτι μέλη ἐσμὲν τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ.§ εκ της σαρκος αυτου και εκ των οστεων αυτου f35 (93.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 12345789 (2.5%) ¦ 56789 (0.5%) ¦ — 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 (2.3%) NU ¦ six other variants (1.3%) (The omission is a not very difficult case of homoioteleuton.) 31 «Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν* τον f35 𝕻46ℵA,048 [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [1%] πατέρα αὐτοῦ† αυτου f35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU καὶ τὴν‡ την f35 𝕻46ℵA,048 [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [1%] μητέρα καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν.» 32 Τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ εἰς§ εις f35 𝕻46ℵA [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ — B [15%] τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν.
33 Πλὴν καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ καθ᾿ ἕνα·* καθ᾿ ἑνα rell ¦ καθένα f35 (I include this for the record and so as not to lose sight of it, but since there is evidently no difference in meaning I stay with the conventional spelling. Since the shift from τ to θ is caused by aspiration, there is no ambiguity). ἕκαστος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γυναῖκα οὕτως ἀγαπάτω ὡς ἑαυτόν, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἵνα φοβῆται τὸν ἄνδρα.

*5:3 πασα ακαθαρσια f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ¦ 1 [1%]

†5:3 η rell ¦ και [10%]

‡5:4 τα ουκ ανηκοντα f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ α 2 ανηκεν 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU

§5:5 ιστε f35 𝕻46ℵA,B [30%] NU ¦ εστε [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP

*5:5 ος f35 A [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ο 𝕻46ℵB [4%] NU

†5:9 πνευματος f35 𝕻46 (94.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ φωτος 𝕻49ℵA,B,I (5.3%) NU ¦ three other variants (0.5%)

‡5:14 εγειραι f35 [80%] TR,CP ¦ εγειρε 𝕻46ℵA,B [20%] RP,HF,OC,NU

§5:15 πως ακριβως f35 (A) [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ~ 21 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU

*5:17 συνιεντες f35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ συνιετε 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU ¦ συνιοντες [1%]

†5:19 εαυτοις f35 ℵA [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν 𝕻46B [2%] [NU]

‡5:19 ψαλλοντες εν τη καρδια f35 (86.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 234 (7.8%) ¦ 134 𝕻46ℵB (0.8%) NU ¦ 12 ταις καρδιαις A (4.5%) ¦ two other variants (0.3%)

§5:21 θεου f35 [70%] TR ¦ χριστου 𝕻46ℵA,B [30%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ιησου χριστου [0.5%] ¦ one other reading

*5:22 υποτασσεσθε f35 (86.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υποτασσεσθαι (3.5%) ¦ υποτασσεσθωσαν ℵA,I (9.1%) ¦ υποτασσεσθω (0.7%) ¦ — 𝕻46B (alone) NU ¦ one other variant (0.2%)

†5:23 οτι f35 𝕻46ℵA,B [85%] RP,HF,CP,NU ¦ 1 ο [15%] OC,TR (OC is in small print.)

‡5:23 και αυτος εστιν f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 2 𝕻46ℵA,B,Iv,048 [3%] NU

§5:24 αλλ rell ¦ αλλα B [1%] NU

*5:24 ωσπερ f35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ως ℵA [3%] NU ¦ οτι 𝕻46 [1%] ¦ — B [1%]

†5:24 ιδιοις f35 A [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻46ℵB [2%] NU

‡5:25 εαυτων f35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,048 [2%] NU ¦ one other reading

§5:27 αυτην f35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυτος 𝕻46ℵA,B [3%] NU

*5:28 οφειλουσιν οι ανδρες f35 ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και 23 𝕻46B [3%] [NU] ¦ ~ και 231 A,048v [2%]

†5:29 αλλα f35 A,B [60%] CP,NU ¦ αλλ ℵ [40%] RP,HF,OC,TR

‡5:29 κυριος f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστος 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 [20%] NU

§5:30 εκ της σαρκος αυτου και εκ των οστεων αυτου f35 (93.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 12345789 (2.5%) ¦ 56789 (0.5%) ¦ — 𝕻46ℵA,B,048 (2.3%) NU ¦ six other variants (1.3%) (The omission is a not very difficult case of homoioteleuton.)

*5:31 τον f35 𝕻46ℵA,048 [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [1%]

†5:31 αυτου f35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻46ℵB [3%] NU

‡5:31 την f35 𝕻46ℵA,048 [99%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B [1%]

§5:32 εις f35 𝕻46ℵA [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ — B [15%]

*5:33 καθ᾿ ἑνα rell ¦ καθένα f35 (I include this for the record and so as not to lose sight of it, but since there is evidently no difference in meaning I stay with the conventional spelling. Since the shift from τ to θ is caused by aspiration, there is no ambiguity).

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