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New International Version NIV
15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
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Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but 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 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
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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 giving thanks always for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, [be in subjection] unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
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Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the saviour of the body.
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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 But as the church is subject to Christ, so [let] the wives also [be] to their husbands 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, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
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