Parallel Bible results for "Ephesians 5:15-25"

Ephesians 5:15-25

15 Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life - live wisely, not unwisely.

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

16 Use your time well, for these are evil days.

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

17 So don't be foolish, but try to understand what the will of the Lord is.

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

18 Don't get drunk with wine, because it makes you lose control. Instead, keep on being filled with the Spirit -

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

19 sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to each other; sing to the Lord and make music in your heart to him;

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 for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

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

21 Submit to one another in fear of the Messiah.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives should submit to their husbands as they do to the Lord;

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

23 because the husband is head of the wife, just as the Messiah, as head of the Messianic Community, is himself the one who keeps the body safe.

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 Just as the Messianic Community submits to the Messiah, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

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

25 As for husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah loved the Messianic Community, indeed, gave himself up on its behalf,

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