18 And (A)do not get drunk with wine, for that is (B)debauchery, but (C)be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in (D)psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 (E)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father (F)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 (G)submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Wives and Husbands

22 (H)Wives, (I)submit to your own husbands, (J)as to the Lord. 23 For (K)the husband is the head of the wife even as (L)Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is (M)himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit (N)in everything to their husbands.

25 (O)Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and (P)gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by (Q)the washing of water (R)with the word, 27 so (S)that he might present the church to himself in splendor, (T)without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a] 28 In the same way (U)husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because (V)we are members of his body. 31 (W)“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and (X)the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, (Y)let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she (Z)respects her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 5:27 Or holy and blameless

Children and Parents

(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, (C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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