suffering wrongas the wagesof doing wrong.They countit a pleasureto revelin the daytime.They are stainsand blemishes,revelingin their deceptions,as they carousewith you,
Let us behaveproperlyas in the day,not in carousingand drunkenness,not in sexual promiscuityand sensuality,not in strifeand jealousy.
In [all] this,they are surprisedthat you do not runwith [them] into the sameexcessesof dissipation,and they malign[you];
whoseendis destruction,whosegodis [their] appetite,and [whose] gloryis in their shame,who set their mindson earthly things.
that He might presentto Himselfthe churchin all her glory,havingnospotorwrinkleoranysuch thing;but that she would be holyand blameless.
"Payher backevenas she has paid,and give back [to her] doubleaccordingto her deeds;in the cupwhichshe has mixed,mixtwice as muchfor her.
forsakingthe rightway,they have gone astray,having followedthe wayof Balaam,the [son] of Beor,wholovedthe wagesof unrighteousness;
Alexanderthe coppersmithdidme muchharm;the Lordwill repayhim accordingto his deeds.
Woeto the wicked![It will go] badly[with him], For whathe deserveswill be doneto him.
"You are altogetherbeautiful,my darling,And thereis noblemishin you.
You have lived luxuriouslyon the earthand led a life of wanton pleasure;you have fattenedyour heartsin a dayof slaughter.
