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Don’t cause grief to God’s Ruach HaKodesh, for he has stamped you as his property until the day of final redemption.

and live a life of love, just as also the Messiah loved us, indeed, on our behalf gave himself up as an offering, as a slaughtered sacrifice to God with a pleasing fragrance.

For of this you can be sure: every sexually immoral, impure or greedy person — that is, every idol-worshipper — has no share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God.

For you used to be darkness; but now, united with the Lord, you are light. Live like children of light,

try to determine what will please the Lord.

since anything revealed is a light. This is why it says, “Get up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you!”

So don’t be foolish, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is.

sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to each other; sing to the Lord and make music in your heart to him;

always give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord;

because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe.

Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf,

in order to set it apart for God, making it clean through immersion in the mikveh, so to speak,

in order to present the Messianic Community to himself as a bride to be proud of, without a spot, wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and without defect.

Why, no one ever hated his own flesh! On the contrary, he feeds it well and takes care of it, just as the Messiah does the Messianic Community,

because we are parts of his Body.

There is profound truth hidden here, which I say concerns the Messiah and the Messianic Community.

Children, what you should do in union with the Lord is obey your parents, for this is right.

Fathers, don’t irritate your children and make them resentful; instead, raise them with the Lord’s kind of discipline and guidance.

Slaves, obey your human masters with the same fear, trembling and single-heartedness with which you obey the Messiah.

Don’t obey just to win their favor, serving only when they are watching you; but serve as slaves of the Messiah, doing what God wants with all your heart.

Work willingly as slaves, as people do who are serving not merely human beings but the Lord.

Remember that whoever does good work, whether he be a slave or a free man, will be rewarded by the Lord.

And masters, treat your slaves the same way. Don’t threaten them. Remember that in heaven both you and they have the same Master, and he has no favorites.