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Ephesians 5:15-25

15 So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren't wise. Live like people who are wise.

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

16 Make the most of every opportunity. The days are evil.

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

17 So don't be foolish. Instead, understand what the Lord wants.

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

18 Don't fill yourself up with wine. Getting drunk will lead to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Holy 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. Sing and make music 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 Always give thanks to God the Father for everything. Give thanks to him 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 Follow the lead of one another because of your respect for Christ.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, follow the lead of your husbands as you follow the Lord.

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

23 The husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the church. The church is Christ's body. He is its Savior.

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 The church follows the lead of Christ. In the same way, wives should follow the lead of their 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. Love them just as Christ loved the church. He gave himself up for her.

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