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17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding 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 drunk with wine, wherein is excess; 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 to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in 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 unto God and the Father 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 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
22 Wives, submit yourselves 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, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is 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 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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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 for it;
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Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
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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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