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Ephesians 5:15-25

15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,

16 Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

17 For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

18 And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

19 Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

20 Giving praise at all times for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

21 Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

24 And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

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