GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
17 So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord wants.
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Don't get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit
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Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
19 by reciting psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs for your own good. Sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts.
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speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
20 Always thank God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 Place yourselves under each other's authority out of respect for Christ.
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, place yourselves under your husbands' authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord's authority.
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Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
23 The husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. It is his body, and he is its Savior.
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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 is under Christ's authority, so wives are under their husbands' authority in everything.
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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 his life for it.
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 He did this to make the church holy by cleansing it, washing it using water along with spoken words.
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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 Then he could present it to himself as a glorious church, without any kind of stain or wrinkle--holy and without faults.
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and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
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