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Ephesians 5:15-25

15 So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely.

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

16 Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times.

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

17 So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.

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

18 Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin you, but be filled with the Spirit.

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

19 Speak to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts 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 Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

21 Yield to obey each other because you respect Christ.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, yield to your husbands, as you do to the Lord,

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

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

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 As the church yields to Christ, so you wives should yield to your husbands in everything.

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

25 Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it

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