Guided
Embracing Love's Path
Lyrics
Follow God's example, therefore
Encouragement to follow God's example
As dearly loved children
Advising to emulate God's example as beloved children
And walk in the way of love
Guidance to walk in the way of love
Just as Christ loved us and gave himself up
Comparison to Christ's love and self-sacrifice
For us as a fragrant offering
Christ's sacrifice seen as a fragrant offering to God
And sacrifice to God
Highlighting the sacrifice as pleasing to God
But among you there must not
Directive to avoid any hint of
Be even a hint of
Warning against sexual immorality
Sexual immorality
Emphasizing the importance of purity
Nor any impurity
Caution against greed, deemed improper for God's people
Nor of greed, because these
Listing behaviors unsuitable for God's holy people
Aren't proper for God's holy people
Continuation of the prohibition against certain behaviors
Follow God's example, therefore
Reiteration to follow God's example as loved children
As dearly loved children
Re-emphasis on emulating God's example
And walk in the way of love
Reiteration of the guidance to walk in love
Just as Christ loved us and gave himself up
Restating Christ's love and sacrifice as a model
For us as a fragrant offering
Characterizing Christ's sacrifice as fragrant to God
And sacrifice to God
Reaffirmation of the sacrifice's pleasing nature
Nor should there be obscenity
Warning against obscenity
No foolish talk nor
Prohibition of foolish talk and coarse joking
Coarse joking, which are out of place
Deeming such behaviors as out of place
But rather have thanksgiving
Suggesting thanksgiving instead of inappropriate talk
For you can be sure that
Assertion that an obscene person is an idolater
Such a person is an idolater
Identifying immoral, impure, and greedy persons
No immoral, impure, greedy person
Stating the lack of inheritance for such individuals
Has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God
Connecting immoral behavior to exclusion from God's kingdom
Let no one deceive with empty words, for
Warning against deception with empty words
Because of such things God's anger comes on the disobedient
Attributing God's anger to disobedience
So don't be partners with them
Advising not to be partners with disobedient individuals
Follow God's example, therefore
Reiteration to follow God's example as loved children
As dearly loved children
Re-emphasis on emulating God's example
And walk in the way of love
Reiteration of the guidance to walk in love
Just as Christ loved us and gave himself up
Restating Christ's love and sacrifice as a model
For us as a fragrant offering
Characterizing Christ's sacrifice as fragrant to God
And sacrifice to God
Reaffirmation of the sacrifice's pleasing nature
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