18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, [a]in which there is (B)debauchery, but be (C)filled with the Spirit, 19 (D)speaking to [b]one another in (E)psalms and (F)hymns and spiritual (G)songs, (H)singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord; 20 (I)always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our (J)God and Father; 21 [c](K)and subject yourselves to one another in the [d](L)fear of Christ.

Marriage like Christ and the Church

22 (M)Wives, (N)subject yourselves to your own husbands, (O)as to the Lord. 23 For (P)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (Q)head of the church, He Himself (R)being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

25 (S)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (T)gave Himself up for her,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:18 Or by which
  2. Ephesians 5:19 Or yourselves
  3. Ephesians 5:21 Lit being submissive to
  4. Ephesians 5:21 Or reverence for

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