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Ephesians 5:15-25

15 See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise,

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

16 But as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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

17 Wherefore, become not unwise: but understanding what is the will of God.

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

18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury: but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit,

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

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody 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 Giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father:

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

21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Let women be subject to their husbands, as 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. He is the saviour of his body.

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 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ: so also let the wives be to their husbands in all things.

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 also loved the church and delivered himself up for it:

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

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