¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.^{(A) 18} Do not get drunk on wine,^(B) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,^{(C) 19} speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.^(D) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks^(E) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households^(F)

²¹ Submit to one another^(G) out of reverence for Christ.

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands^(H) as you do to the Lord.^{(I) 23} For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,^(J) his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands^(K) in everything.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives,^(L) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her^{(M) 26} to make her holy,^(N) cleansing^[a] her by the washing^(O) with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself^(P) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.^{(Q) 28} In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives^(R) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body.^{(S) 31} “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^{[b](T) 32} This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

⁹ Those who want to get rich^(A) fall into temptation and a trap^(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. ¹⁰ For the love of money^(C) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith^(D) and pierced themselves with many griefs.^(E)

Final Charge to Timothy

¹¹ But you, man of God,^(F) flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness,^(G) faith, love,^(H) endurance and gentleness. ¹² Fight the good fight^(I) of the faith. Take hold of^(J) the eternal life^(K) to which you were called when you made your good confession^(L) in the presence of many witnesses.