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Ephesians 5:8-21

8 For you were once darkness, but now [you are] light in the Lord. walk as children of light-

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light

9 for the fruit of the light [results] in all goodness, righteousness, and truth-

9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)

10 discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.

10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

11 Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead, expose them.

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13 Everything exposed by the light is made clear,

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.

14 for what makes everything clear is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.

14 This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk-not as unwise people but as wise-

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

16 making the most of the time, because the days are evil.

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

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

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

18 And don't get drunk with wine, which [leads to] reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit:

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

19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music to the Lord in your heart,

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 everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

21 submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.