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And now unleashing God's truth, one verse at a time.

Here's grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We come now to the time of the reading and explaining of the time. Here's grace to you Bible teacher John MacArthur.

We come now to the time of the reading and explaining of the Word of God. This is when

we hear from heaven. We have offered our worship and our praise humbly to the Lord. Now we

hear His voice. And our text today is the Ephesians chapter 5, if you will, take your Bible and turn

to Ephesians chapter 5.

For those who are visiting us, we are working our way through the book of Ephesians.

We've been doing it for quite a long time, but it's been a marvelous journey for us, and we find ourselves

in Chapter 5, and looking again for the second time at the opening seven verses of Ephesians

5. Let me read them to you. Therefore, be imitators of God as beloved children, and walk

in love just as Christ also loved you and

gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you as is proper among saints.

There must be no filthiness and silly talk or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather

giving a thanks.

For this you know with certainty that no immoral or impure person or covetous man who

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